The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company or Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Time Warner Inc), Credit Agreement (Time Warner Inc), Credit Agreement (Aol Time Warner Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Lenders identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent and a Documentation Agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, no Syndication Agent nor any Documentation Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may enter into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor agreement, without any further consent from any Secured Party, in connection with any incurrence by the Borrower of Permitted Debt Securities and bind the Secured Parties thereby.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Select Medical Corp), Credit Agreement (Select Medical Corp), Credit Agreement (Select Medical Holdings Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder, and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied dutiesduties to any Lender or Issuing Bank, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees (i) that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied or express obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and is used solely as a matter of market custom to reflect an exclusively administrative relationship between contracting parties, and (ii) that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (c) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (cd) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall make all payments under any Loan Document directly to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor who shall either be (i) a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 or (ii) a U.S. branch of a non-U.S. financial institution that has agreed to be treated as a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank (i) represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business, and that it is capable of evaluating and understanding the terms, conditions and risks of becoming a Lender and/or Issuing Bank, as applicable, under this Agreement, including in the context of related transactions to be entered into by the Borrower, and multiple roles to be performed by the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates, in connection herewith or therewith, and (ii) acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any other Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement, and will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any other Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may enter into any and all documents with respect to Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto (including the Intercreditor Agreement, any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable) as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents without any further consent from any Secured Party, which terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. No Person named as an Arranger in this Agreement shall have any liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in its capacity as such.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: First Lien Credit Agreement (Select Medical Holdings Corp), First Lien Credit Agreement (Select Medical Corp), First Lien Credit Agreement (Select Medical Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the each of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that reference in this Article VIII to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to include the Collateral Agent) and the Foreign Currency Agent as its agent and authorizes each of the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Currency Agent, as applicable, by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank of the banks serving as an the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Currency Agent, as applicable, and each such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Currency Agent, as applicable, hereunder. The Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank banks serving as Administrative Agent and Foreign Currency Agent or any of its their Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Foreign Currency Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or it in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Each of the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Parent Borrower, a Subsidiary Term Borrower, a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower or a Lender, and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Foreign Currency Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Event of default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Currency Agent. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Parent Borrower, a Subsidiary Term Borrower or any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Currency Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Currency Agent, as applicable. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Foreign Currency Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent, Foreign Currency Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent or Foreign Currency Agent, as applicable. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Parent Borrower (on behalf of itself, the Subsidiary Term Borrowers and the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers). Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Parent Borrower and, if applicable, the relevant Subsidiary Term Borrower and Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, to appoint a successor from among the Lenders. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Parent Borrower (on behalf of itself, the Subsidiary Term Borrowers and the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers) to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Parent Borrower (on behalf of itself, the Subsidiary Term Borrowers and the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers) and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Foreign Currency Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower (on behalf of itself, the Subsidiary Term Borrowers and the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers). Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Parent Borrower and, if applicable, the relevant Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, to appoint a successor from among the Lenders. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 10 days after the retiring Foreign Currency Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Foreign Currency Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, appoint a successor Foreign Currency Agent. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Foreign Currency Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Foreign Currency Agent, and the retiring Foreign Currency Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Parent Borrower (on behalf of itself and the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers) to a successor Foreign Currency Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Parent Borrower (on behalf of itself and the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers) and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Foreign Currency Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Foreign Currency Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Foreign Currency Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Foreign Currency Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Replacement Facility Amendment (Trimas Corp), Incremental Facility Agreement (Trimas Corp), Credit Agreement (Trimas Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder, and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks (except in limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the maintenance of the Register), and its duties are entirely mechanical and administrative in nature. The motivations of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of the Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) each Lender agrees (i) that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied or express obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and is used solely as a matter of market custom to reflect an exclusively administrative relationship between contracting parties, and (ii) that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (c) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (cd) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall make all payments under any Loan Document directly to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor who shall either be (i) a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 or (ii) a U.S. branch of a non-U.S. financial institution that has agreed to be treated as a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank (i) represents and warrants that (x) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (y) in participating as a Lender, it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and in providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or Issuing Bank, in each case in the ordinary course of its business, and not for the purpose of investing in the general performance or operations of the Borrower, or for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument such as a security (and each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing, such as a claim under the federal or state securities law), and (z) that it is capable of evaluating and understanding the terms, conditions and risks of becoming a Lender and/or Issuing Bank, as applicable, under this Agreement, including in the context of related transactions to be entered into by the Borrower, and multiple roles to be performed by the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates, in connection herewith or therewith, and (ii) acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender, and any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement, and will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender and any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may enter into any and all documents with respect to Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto (including any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and any release pursuant to Section 9.15 hereof) as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents without any further consent from any Secured Party and bind the Secured Parties thereby, which terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. No Person named as an Arranger, bookrunner, Co-Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent in this Agreement shall have any liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in its capacity as such.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Select Medical Holdings Corp), Credit Agreement (Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc.)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints (i) the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Senior Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and (ii) each Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Collateral Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agents by the terms of the Senior Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank The financial institutions serving as an Agent the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank financial institutions and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof of any of the foregoing as if it they were not an Agent Agents hereunder. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Senior Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Senior Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the Lenders), Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.20 or 9.02) and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Senior Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank financial institution serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.20 or 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductwilful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment). The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, as applicable, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Senior Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Senior Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Senior Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Senior Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Any Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all of its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Any Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all of its rights and powers through their Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent (which shall be a financial institution with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such financial institution). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Senior Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each party hereto authorizes the Administrative AgentAgent to enter into customary intercreditor agreements in connection with Securitizations and Factoring Transactions permitted under this Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Rite Aid Corp), Credit Agreement (Rite Aid Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofhereof and by the other Financing Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each WestDeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch is hereby appointed Syndication Agent hereunder and under the other Financing Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes Syndication Agent to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Financing Documents. Dresdner Bank A.G. is hereby appointed Documentation Agent hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes Documentation Agent to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Financing Documents. As of the Closing Date, all the respective obligations of WestDeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch, in its capacity as Syndication Agent, and Dresdner Bank A.G., in its capacity as Documentation Agent, shall terminate. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business 149 with any the Company or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Majority Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any the Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Majority Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Financing Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder, under any Credit other Financing Document or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or in the Credit any other Financing Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness hereof, of any Credit other Financing Document or of any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinherein or in any other Financing Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and 150 other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall, where appropriate, take into account the interests of the Secured Parties. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Company, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.3 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Related Party of the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Company), ratably according to the respective principal amounts of the Loans owing to them and 151 Commitments issued by them, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgements, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent or such Related Party in any way relating to or arising out hereof or any other Financing Document or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or such Related Party under this Agreement or any other Financing Document, PROVIDED that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or such Related Party for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgements, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent's or such Related Party's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and each Related Party of the Administrative Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Related Party in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the Administrative Agent or such Related Party is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Company. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of the Company and its Subsidiaries and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Flag Telecom Holdings LTD), Credit Agreement (Flag Telecom Holdings LTD)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) or Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Loan Parties agree that the Administrative Agent may, subject to Section 9.01(b), but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank by posting such Approved Electronic Communications on IntraLinks™ or a substantially similar secure electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”) and each of the Loan Parties agrees to make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Administrative Agent in an acceptable soft copy or electronic format. Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a dual firewall and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank and the Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Lenders, the Loan Parties and the Issuing Bank hereby approve distribution of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution. The Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform are provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (the “Agent Affiliates”) warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory (including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects) is made by the Agent Affiliates in connection with the Approved Electronic Communications or the Approved Electronic Platform. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, and the Loan Parties agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Lenders identified in this Agreement as the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agents shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Syndication Agent nor the Documentation Agents shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Symbion Inc/Tn), Credit Agreement (NeoSpine Surgery, LLC)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative such Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction, each of the Lenders hereby grants to the Collateral Agent any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s behalf. Each bank of the banks serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderunder the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative applicable Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.02) or, if so specified by this Agreementin the case of the Collateral Documents, all the Lenders)Required Secured Parties, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank banks serving as Administrative Agent Agents or any of its their respective Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.02) or, if so specified by this Agreementin the case of the Collateral Documents, all the Lenders) Required Secured Parties, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative applicable Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each of the Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each of the Agents may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each of the Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Required Secured Parties) shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Required Secured Parties) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After such Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 8.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon any Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Co-Documentation Agents (each as identified on the cover page of this Agreement), in their capacities as such, shall have no rights, powers, duties, liabilities, fiduciary relationships or obligations under any Loan Document or any of the other documents related hereto. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Collateral Documents, including those terms thereof applicable to the Collateral Agent and the provisions thereof authorizing the Required Secured Parties to approve amendments or modifications thereto or waivers thereof, and to control remedies thereunder, and (b) irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to release any Lien on any Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into an Intercreditor Agreement if Indebtedness is incurred that is secured by Liens contemplated by clause (g) of Section 5.08 and (b) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of such Intercreditor Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Limited Brands Inc), Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Limited Brands Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as its administrative agent under the Loan Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving as an Agent of the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with either Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not an Agent hereunderhereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrowers, any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower FCX or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the terms of this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by the Borrowers and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrowers, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (b) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, provided that (i) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any person listed on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger, or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any person listed on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger, or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on or prior to the Effective Date and funding its Loans on the applicable Closing Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date and a Closing Date, as applicable. No Credit Party shall have any right individually to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Credit Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Credit Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Guarantees of the Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Syndication Agent nor any Person named on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger or a documentation agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Term Loan Agreement (Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc), Term Loan Agreement (Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc)
The Agents. (a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entities named as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as its administrative agent and collateral agent, respectively, under the Loan Documents, and authorizes the Administrative each Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative each Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to each Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s behalf.
(b) The Persons serving as an Agent the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Parent, the Borrower or any Company other Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
(c) No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (ai) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (bii) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is Agents are required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as either Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents); provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (ciii) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent, the Borrower, any Company other Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence negligence, bad faith or willful misconductmisconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower Parent, the Borrower, a Lender or a Lenderan Issuing Bank, and the Administrative such Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (iA) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (iiB) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iiiC) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (ivD) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (vE) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to such Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from any confirmation of the Revolving Exposure or the component amounts thereof.
(d) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). Each Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
(e) Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties (other than to a Disqualified Institution). The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to such Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as its activities as Agent.
(f) Subject to the terms of this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the other Agent and the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the prior written approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders with the consent of the Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent with the written approval of the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by Parent and the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by Parent, the Borrower and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to the retiring Agent under any Security Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Collateral Agent, shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this paragraph (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Collateral Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Security Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (ii) the successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the retiring Agent for the account of any Person other than the Agents shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the retiring Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agent and their respective Related Parties (other than any Disqualified Institutions) in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (i) above.
(g) Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, the Lead Arranger or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, the Lead Arranger or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
(h) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding its Loans on the Closing Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date.
(i) No Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Secured Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, and the Agents, as agents for and representatives of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at such sale or other disposition. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Secured Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, it is understood and agreed that the Persons serving as Documentation Agents, Co-Arrangers and Co-Syndication Agents hold titles in name only and their titles confer no obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except in their capacities as Lenders.
(k) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Hedging Agreement or Cash Management Services, the obligations under which constitute Secured Obligations, will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document except as expressly provided in the Collateral Agreement. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Hedging Agreement or a provider of any Cash Management Services, as applicable, shall be deemed to have appointed the Collateral Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph.
(l) To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender in an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by any applicable Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any applicable Loan Party to do so) fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including penalties, additions to Tax and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this section. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this section, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and any Swingline Lender.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (PetroLogistics LP), Credit Agreement (PetroLogistics LP)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue lo make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the Issuing Bank shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to this Article VIII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the LC Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in this Article VIII included the Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the issuing Bank. The Arrangers and the Syndication Agent, in their respective capacities as such, shall have no duties or responsibilities, and shall incur no liability, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (AGA Medical Holdings, Inc.), Credit Agreement (AGA Medical Holdings, Inc.)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall make all payments under any Loan Document directly to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor who shall either be (i) a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 or (ii) a U.S. branch of a non-U.S. financial institution that has agreed to be treated as a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may enter into any and all documents with respect to Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto (including the Intercreditor Agreement, any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable) as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents without any further consent from any Secured Party, which terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. No Person named as an Arranger or bookrunner in this Agreement shall have any liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in its capacity as such.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: First Lien Credit Agreement (Select Medical Corp), First Lien Credit Agreement (Select Medical Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank The Person serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agentserving in such agency capacity, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any Company Subsidiary or Enterprise GP or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower, any Company of its Subsidiaries or Enterprise GP that is communicated to or obtained by the bank any of them while serving as Administrative Agent Agent, as applicable, or by any of its their respective Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to them. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Person. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the Borrower’s approval (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and the Borrower’s approval shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, with the Borrower’s approval (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and the Borrower’s approval shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank and such bank, or its Affiliate, as applicable, shall have capital and surplus equal to or greater than $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After such agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Neither the Co-Documentation Agents nor the Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Co-Documentation Agents nor the Syndication Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgements with respect to each of the Co-Documentation Agents and the Syndication Agent as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Article VIII.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.), Credit Agreement (Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or documentLoan Document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with (if no Default then exists) the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) if no Default then exists, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Term Loan Agreement (Reynolds American Inc), Term Loan Agreement (Reynolds American Inc)
The Agents. Each The obligations of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Agents under this Agreement are subject to the Administrative following terms and conditions:
(a) Each Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent undertakes to take perform only such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers duties as are delegated expressly set forth herein, and no additional duties or obligations shall be implied hereunder. In performing its duties under this Agreement, or upon the claimed failure to perform any of its duties hereunder, each Agent shall not be liable to anyone for any damages, losses or expenses which may be incurred as a result of the Agent so acting or failing to so act; provided, however, an Agent shall not be relieved from liability for damages arising out of its gross negligence or willful misconduct under this Agreement. The Agents shall in no event incur any liability with respect to (i) any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith upon advice of legal counsel, which may be counsel to any party hereto, given with respect to any question relating to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions duties and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving as responsibilities of an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers or (ii) any action taken or omitted to be taken in its capacity as a Lender as reliance upon any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agentnotice, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits frominstruction, lend money document or instrument delivered to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company or Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderand believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Administrative Agent Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Agents shall not have any duties under or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting be bound in any way by any agreement or contract (including but not limited to the generality Merger Agreement) between MatrixOne and the Representative, whether or not an Agent has knowledge of any such agreement or contract; and the parties hereto agree that the use of defined terms incorporated by reference to the Merger Agreement and the use of cross references to the Merger Agreement are solely for the convenience of the foregoingparties and the Agents may rely on the use of any such defined terms or cross references in any communication received by it. Neither Agent shall be obligated to advance or risk its own funds or take any action that would in its reasonable judgment cause it to incur or suffer any expense or liability for which it is not adequately indemnified. No party to this Agreement shall be liable to any other party for any consequential, indirect, special or incidental damages under any provision of this Agreement or for any consequential, indirect, special or incidental damages arising out of any act or failure to act hereunder even of that party has been advised or has foreseen the possibility of such damages.
(ab) MatrixOne and the Administrative Representative each warrant to and agree with the Agents that there is no security interest in the funds deposited hereunder; no financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction is on file in any jurisdiction claiming a security interest in or describing, whether specifically or generally, the funds deposited hereunder; and the Agents shall have no responsibility at any time to ascertain whether or not any security interest exists in the funds deposited hereunder or to file any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction with respect thereto; and the Agents shall have no liability for the sufficiency of this Agreement for any such purpose.
(i) As an additional consideration for and as an inducement for the Agents to act hereunder, it is understood and agreed that, in the event of any disagreement between the parties to this Agreement or among them or any other person(s) resulting in adverse claims and demands being made in connection with or for any money or other property involved in or affected by this Agreement, each Agent shall be entitled, at its option, to refuse to comply with the demands of such parties, or any of such parties, so long as such disagreement shall continue. In such event, such Agent shall be entitled to make no delivery or other disposition of any of the funds deposited hereunder until such disagreement is resolved. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any Agent shall not be subject or become liable to such parties or any fiduciary of them for the failure of the Agent to comply with the conflicting or other implied dutiesadverse demands of such parties or any of such parties.
(ii) The Agents shall be entitled to continue to refrain and refuse to deliver or otherwise dispose of the funds deposited hereunder or to otherwise act hereunder, regardless of whether a Default has occurred as stated above, unless and is continuing, until:
(bA) the Administrative rights of such parties have been or duly adjudicated in a court located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts having jurisdiction over the parties and the funds deposited hereunder; or
(B) the parties have reached an agreement resolving their differences and have notified the Agent(s) in writing of such agreement and have provided the Agent(s) with indemnity satisfactory to the applicable Agent against any liability, claims or damages resulting from compliance by such Agent with such agreement. In the event of a disagreement between such parties as described above, each Agent shall not have the right, in addition to the rights described above and at its option, to tender into the registry or custody of any duty to court located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts having jurisdiction, all funds deposited hereunder and may take any discretionary such other legal action as may be appropriate or exercise any discretionary powersnecessary, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby in the reasonable opinion of such Agent after consultation with its legal counsel. Upon such tender, the parties hereto agree that such Agent shall be discharged from all further duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Administrative filing of any such legal proceedings shall not deprive the Agent is required of its compensation hereunder earned prior to exercise such filing and discharge of the Agent of its duties hereunder.
(d) MatrixOne shall pay each Agent for its ordinary services hereunder the fees determined in writing by accordance with and payable as specified in the Required Lenders (orSchedule of Fees set forth in Exhibit 7 attached hereto and made a part hereof. In addition, if so specified by MatrixOne shall pay to each Agent its expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall including but not have any duty limited to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or reasonable attorneys’ fees in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductevent any such Agent deems it necessary to retain counsel. The Administrative Agent Such expenses shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given paid to the Administrative Agent within five business days following receipt by MatrixOne of a written statement setting forth such expenses. In the event any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in controversy arises under or in connection with this Agreement or the funds deposited hereunder, or any other Credit DocumentAgent is made a party to or intervenes in any litigation pertaining to this Agreement or the funds deposited hereunder, (ii) MatrixOne shall promptly reimburse such Agent for all costs and expenses incurred by the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document or Agent in connection therewith, with such controversy or litigation.
(iiie) Any Agent may resign at any time from its obligations under this Agreement by providing written notice to the performance or observance of any of parties hereto. Such resignation shall be effective on the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions date set forth in such written notice which shall be no earlier than 30 days after such written notice has been given. In the Credit Documentevent of such resignation, MatrixOne shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to appoint a successor agent. In the event no successor agent has been appointed on or prior to the date such resignation is to become effective, the Agent shall be entitled to tender into the custody of a court of competent jurisdiction located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts all funds then held by it hereunder. Such Agent shall have no responsibility for the appointment of a successor agent hereunder.
(ivf) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness The Agents shall have no obligation to take any legal action in connection with this Agreement or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or documenttowards its enforcement, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinto appear in, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.prosecute
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Payment, Exchange and Escrow Agreement (Matrixone Inc)
The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Chase is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent, CMIL is hereby appointed to act as London Agent, and such party as may be named pursuant to Section 9.16 is hereby appointed to act as Australian Agent, on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank the Agents and its their Affiliates in their respective individual capacities may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderAgent. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any a Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Documentthe Loan Documents, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document the Loan Documents or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinherein or in any other Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the Administrative proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it in good faith to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs and the provisions of Section 9.03 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the institutions named as Co-Syndication Agents or Co-Documentation Agents in the heading of this Agreement shall, in their capacities as such, have any duties or responsibilities of any kind under this Agreement.
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The Agents. (a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entities named as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as its administrative agent and collateral agent, respectively, under the Loan Documents, and authorizes the Administrative each Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative each Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to each Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s behalf.
(b) The Persons serving as an Agent the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Parent, the Borrower or any Company other Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
(c) No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (ai) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (bii) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is Agents are required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as either Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents); provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (ciii) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent, the Borrower, any Company other Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence negligence, bad faith or willful misconductmisconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower Parent, the Borrower, a Lender or a Lenderan Issuing Bank, and the Administrative such Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (iA) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (iiB) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iiiC) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (ivD) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (vE) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to such Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from any confirmation of the Exposure or the component amounts thereof.
(d) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). Each Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
(e) Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties (other than to a Disqualified Institution). The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to such Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as its activities as Agent.
(f) Subject to the terms of this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the other Agent and the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the prior written approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders with the consent of the Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent with the written approval of the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by Parent and the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by Parent, the Borrower and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to the retiring Agent under any Security Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Collateral Agent, shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this paragraph (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Collateral Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Security Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (ii) the successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the retiring Agent for the account of any Person other than the Agents shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the retiring Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agent and their respective Related Parties (other than any Disqualified Institutions) in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (i) above.
(g) Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, the Lead Arranger or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, the Lead Arranger or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
(h) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding its Loans on the Restatement Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date or the Restatement Date, as applicable.
(i) No Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Secured Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, and the Agents, as agents for and representatives of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at such sale or other disposition. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Secured Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, it is understood and agreed that the Persons serving as Co-Arrangers hold titles in name only and their titles confer no obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except in their capacities as Lenders.
(k) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Hedging Agreement or Cash Management Services, the obligations under which constitute Secured Obligations, will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document except as expressly provided in the Collateral Agreement. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Hedging Agreement or a provider of any Cash Management Services, as applicable, shall be deemed to have appointed the Collateral Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph.
(l) To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender in an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by any applicable Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any applicable Loan Party to do so) fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including penalties, additions to Tax and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this section. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this section, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and any Swingline Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (PetroLogistics LP)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall make all payments under any Loan Document directly to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor who shall either be (i) a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 or (ii) a U.S. branch of a non-U.S. financial institution that has agreed to be treated as a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender and any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender and any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may enter into any and all documents with respect to Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto (including any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and any release pursuant to Section 9.15 hereof) as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents without any further consent from any Secured Party and bind the Secured Parties thereby, which terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. No Person named as an Arranger, bookrunner, Co-Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent in this Agreement shall have any liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in its capacity as such.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative each Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents. Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative Neither Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative neither Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative neither Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative such Agent is required instructed in writing to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative neither Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and nor shall not it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Neither Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Neither Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative neither Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective or for any other reason, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facilities as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, either Agent (i) may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower and (ii) may be removed by the Borrower by written notice to such Agent and the Lenders in the event that such Agent becomes the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation and (except during the continuance of an Event of Default) with the prior approval of the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation or within 60 days after the Borrower gives notice of removal as the case may be, then, in the case of a retiring agent, the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank and (except during the continuance of an Event of Default) shall be acceptable to the Borrower, and, in the case of a removed Agent, the Borrower may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank, which appointment shall be subject to approval by the Required Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent, and the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Tronox Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, and each of the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofhereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank To the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, each of the Lenders, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, and each of the Issuing Lenders hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s behalf. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Lenders), and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Person serving as an Agent hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative Neither Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinherein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative neither Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative neither Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative respective Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinherein and in the other Loan Documents, the Administrative neither Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Neither Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductmisconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Administrative Neither Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any Credit other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinherein or therein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. An Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor to such Agent. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless become effective and (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and (2) the Required Lenders shall perform the duties of such Agent (and all payments and communications provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly) until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent, any arranger of the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement or any amendment thereof or any other Lender and their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender shall, independently and without reliance upon any Agent, any arranger of the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement or any amendment thereof or any other Lender and their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and in deciding whether or to the extent to which it will continue as a lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Senior Managing Agents named on the cover page of this Agreement shall not have any duties or liabilities under this Agreement, except in their capacity, if any, as Lenders and except, in the case of the Co-Syndication Agents, as expressly set forth herein. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent.) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the UCC. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Security Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Security Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Security Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale, transfer or other Disposition to a Person that is not a Loan Party of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at three (3) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent) prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. Any execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent of documents in connection with any such release shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any LC Disbursement shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Exposure and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, each Issuing Lender and each other Secured Party to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders or the other Secured Parties, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03). The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Credit Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In connection with any such credi
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Teleflex Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent Agents as its agent agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, foregoing (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, and (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required permitted hereunder unless requested to exercise do so in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative . No Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to In addition, the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agents. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each of the Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by 48 44 it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each of the Agents may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. The Administrative Agent, the CAF Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through Affiliates or its or its Affiliates' employees. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent, to the Affiliates of the Administrative Agent, the CAF Agent and any such sub-agent and to the directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of the Administrative Agent, the CAF Agent, any such sub-agent and their respective Affiliates. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders, with the consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in Dallas or The City of New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share at the time reimbursement is sought (based on its Commitment hereunder or, if the Commitments shall have expired or terminated, based on its portion of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and outstanding Competitive Loans) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Agent, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Agents and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Agent or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower, provided that no Lender shall be liable to any Agent or any such other indemnified 49 45 person for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Belo a H Corp)
The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Persons named in the heading of this Agreement are hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent, London Agent and Tokyo Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank. Each of the Lenders Lenders, each assignee of any Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf of such Lender or assignee or the Issuing Bank and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving The Administrative Agent and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the other Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or the Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in the event that all the capital stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company in a transaction permitted by Section 6.04. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent hereunder in its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank the Agents and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderAgent. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any a Borrower or a (in which case such Agent shall give written notice to each other Lender), and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the Administrative proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender hereby acknowledges that the Syndication Agent and each Documentation Agent has no rights, duties or liability hereunder other than in its capacity as a Lender.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entities named as the Administrative Agent and the London Agent in the heading of this Agreement, and their successors in such capacities, to serve as its agent the Administrative Agent and the London Agent, respectively, under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Parent or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not an Agent hereunderhereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuingcontinuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Agents is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is Agents are required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the applicable Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in Section 9.02); provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent them or any of its their Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the applicable Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its their own gross negligence or willful misconductmisconduct (such absence to be presumed for purposes of this Article VIII unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment). The Administrative Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower Parent or a Lender, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this any Loan Document, including any representation by any Incremental Lender in any Incremental Facility Agreement or any other Credit Document(it being understood and agreed that each Agent may rely, and shall incur no liability for relying, upon such representation), (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent, or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to such Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Agents shall not have any liability arising from any confirmation of any Revolving Credit Exposure or the component amounts thereof, any determination of the Exchange Rate, the LC Exchange Rate or the US Dollar Equivalent or any determination of any rate that reflects the costs to any Lenders of making or maintaining any Loans as contemplated by Section 2.14. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (including, if applicable, a Financial Officer). Each Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (including, if applicable, a Financial Officer), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank sufficiently in advance to the making of such Loan or the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent or the London Agent, as applicable. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agent. Subject to the terms of this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and Parent. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation of the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent (in the case of a resignation by the London Agent) shall have the right, in consultation with Parent, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If any Agent shall be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (e) of the definition of such term, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to Parent and such Agent remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with Parent, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (a) no successor Agent to a retiring Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and Parent or (b) no successor to a removed Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment by the day that is 30 days following of the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective on such 30th day, and on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal, as the case may be, (i) the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Documents to the retiring or removed Agent for the account of any Person other than such Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring or removed Agent shall also directly be given or made to the other Agent, and each Lender and each Issuing bank. After an Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any Arranger, any Manager or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any Arranger, any Manager or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender and Issuing Bank, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and, in the case of any Lender, funding its Loans on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption, an Incremental Facility Agreement or an Issuing Bank Agreement pursuant to which it shall become a Lender or an Issuing Bank, as the case may be, hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Arranger, Manager, Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the expense reimbursement and indemnities to the extent provided for hereunder.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (TripAdvisor, Inc.)
The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Persons named in the heading of this Agreement are hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent, London Agent and Canadian Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving The Administrative Agent and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the other Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, and by the Borrowers with respect to clause (c) below, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by the Company or any other Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as an received by the Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent hereunder in its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank the Agents and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company of the Borrowers or Affiliate any of their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderAgent. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any 66 discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any a Borrower or a (in which case such Agent shall give written notice to each other Lender), and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the Administrative proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on the amount of its Loans and available Commitments hereunder) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Agents, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the Company or any other Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and any of its Related Parties, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Agent or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Company or any other Borrower; provided that no Lender shall be liable to an Agent or any such other indemnified Person for any portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent, and any of its Related Parties or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement or elsewhere herein as a “co-syndication agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in Charlotte, North Carolina or New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Lenders identified in this Agreement as the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Syndication Agent nor the Documentation Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Ameripath Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall make all payments under any Loan Document directly to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor who shall either be (i) a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 or (ii) a U.S. branch of a non-U.S. financial institution that has agreed to be treated as a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may enter into any and all documents with respect to Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto (including the Intercreditor Agreement or any Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable) as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents without any further consent from any Secured Party, which terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. No Person named as an Arranger or bookrunner in this Agreement shall have any liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in its capacity as such.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as its administrative agent under the Loan Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Except as expressly set forth under this Article VIII, no Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall have rights as third party beneficiary of any such provisions. Each bank serving as an Agent of the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not an Agent hereunderhereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrowers, any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower FCX, a Lender or a Lenderan Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from (A) any confirmation of the Revolving Exposure or the component amounts thereof, (B) any confirmation of the aggregate Revolving Exposure attributable to Loans made to PTFI and Letters of Credit issued at the request of PTFI or of the component amounts thereof or (C) any determination as to whether a Letter of Credit constitutes a Financial Letter of Credit or a Performance Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the terms of this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by the Borrowers and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrowers, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (b) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, provided that (i) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any person listed on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger, or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any person listed on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger, or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or an Incremental Facility Agreement pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. No Credit Party shall have any right individually to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Credit Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Credit Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Guarantees of the Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Syndication Agent nor any Person named on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger or a documentation agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and none of the Borrowers nor any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions. Each Lender represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the institutions named as Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners, Syndication Agent and Documentation Agents listed on the cover page hereof and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Commitments,
(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Commitments and this Credit Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender. In addition, unless clause (i) of the immediately preceding paragraph is true with respect to such Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in clause (iv) of the immediately preceding paragraph, such Lender further represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and the institutions named as Bookrunners, Syndication Agent, Documentation Agents or Lead Arrangers on the cover page hereof and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, that:
(i) none of the Administrative Agent or any of the institutions named as Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners, Syndication Agent and Documentation Agents on the cover page hereof or their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to t
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Except with respect to the consent rights of the Borrower relating to a successor agent as set forth below, the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in herein or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly until such time as the Required Lenders appoint, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), a successor Administrative Agent hereunder. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. It is agreed that the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall, in their capacities as such, have no duties or responsibilities under this Agreement.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent, (ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Collateral Agent, and (iii) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A., as Documentation Agent, (the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Documentation Agent, for purposes of this Article being referred to individually as its agent an "Agent" and collectively as the "Agents"), and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof this Agreement or by the terms of any other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Documentation Agent shall undertake such responsibilities with respect to the credits extended under this Agreement as agreed to from time to time between the Administrative Agent and the Documentation Agent. The Documentation Agent shall not have any other right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to each Lender as a lender. Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company Credit Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderAgent. The Administrative Agent None of the Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinherein or in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity; provided, however, that Agents shall give Lenders immediate written notice of any action taken or notice received or given by any of them pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower the Borrowers or a Lender, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any Credit other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, . The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or (v) have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Credit Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it including, without limitation, its duties, rights and powers under any Loan Documents in respect of the Collateral or any portion thereof. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the foregoing, each Agent (including but not limited to the Administrative Agent) acting under or in respect of the Collateral, shall act for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank as appropriate hereunder (unless otherwise provided herein or in any other Loan Documents) and shall be entitled to the exculpations, privileges, indemnities and other protections provided for the benefit of the Agent herein or therein. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as such. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After any Agent's resignation, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative such Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder of The Toronto-Dominion Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it Toronto Dominion (Texas) Inc. were not an the Administrative Agent and The Chase Manhattan Bank were not the Collateral Agent, and each such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company Credit Party or any subsidiary or Credit Agreement 121 -116- other Affiliate of any thereof as if it were not an such Agent hereunder. The Administrative Neither Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative neither Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative neither Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinherein and in the other Loan Documents, the Administrative neither Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company Credit Party or any of their respective subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Neither Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreementprovided herein, all with the consent or at the request of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders) , the Required Tranche C Term Loan Lenders or the Required Tranche D Term Loan Lenders, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Neither Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower the Borrower, a Lender or a Lenderthe other Agent, and the Administrative neither Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any the other Credit DocumentLoan Documents, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or under any Credit Document of the other Loan Documents or in connection herewith of therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or in the Credit any other Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Neither Agent shall, except to the extent expressly instructed by the Required Lenders with respect to collateral security under the Security Documents, be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder or under any other Loan Document. Credit Agreement 122 -117- Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Either Agent may perform any and all of its duties, and exercise its rights and powers, by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Either Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of such Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as such Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, as provided in this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, each Issuing Bank, the Borrower and the other Agent (and, in the case of the Collateral Agent, by notifying the Vendors pursuant to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement). Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent, and the Required Lenders and the Required Vendors shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after such retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then such retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such retiring Agent, and such retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The Credit Agreement fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative such Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction, each of the Lenders hereby grants to the Collateral Agent any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s behalf. Each bank of the banks serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderunder the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative applicable Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreementin the case of the Collateral Documents, all the Lenders)Required Secured Parties, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank banks serving as Administrative Agent Agents or any of its their respective Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreementin the case of the Collateral Documents, all the Lenders) Required Secured Parties, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) qualification of (or lapse of any qualification of) any Account, Credit Card Receivable or Inventory under the eligibility criteria set forth herein, other than eligibility criteria expressly referring to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to, or being determined by, the Collateral Agent, (iv) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (ivv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the applicable Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each of the Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each of the Agents may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each of the Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company, to appoint a successor. In addition, if either Agent is a Defaulting Lender due to it having had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian appointed for it, the Required Lenders shall have the right, by notice in writing to the Company and such Agent, to remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of a Specified Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After such Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 8.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub‑agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon any Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Co-Documentation Agents (each as identified on the cover page of this Agreement) (each of the foregoing, in its capacity as such, a “Titled Person”), in their capacities as such, shall have no rights, powers, duties, liabilities, fiduciary relationships or obligations under any Loan Document or any of the other documents related hereto. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Collateral Documents, including those terms thereof applicable to the Collateral Agent and the provisions thereof authorizing the Required Secured Parties to approve amendments or modifications thereto or waivers thereof, and to control remedies thereunder, and (b) irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to (i) release any Liens on any Non-ABL Priority Collateral in accordance with an Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) release any Liens on any Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and each other Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, pursuant to Sections 6.01 and 6.02 and (b) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of such Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Arrangers shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement, except in their respective capacities, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder. Each Secured Party irrevocably authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent shall, upon request of the Company:
(a) without limiting Section 9.22, release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon the occurrence of the Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or to be sold or transferred as part of or in connection with any Disposition permitted under the Loan Documents to a Person that is not a Loan Party, (iii) that does not constitute (or ceases to constitute) Collateral, (iv) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Guarantee of the Obligations otherwise in accordance with the Loan Documents, (v) as required under clause (d) below or (vi) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of Lenders as shall be necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) in accordance with Section 9.02;
(b) without limiting Section 9.22 (but subject to the proviso to Section 9.22(a)), release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Collateral Agreement (i) if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of a single transaction or series of related transactions or any event or other circumstance permitted hereunder) and/or (ii) upon the occurrence of the Termination Date;
(c) [reserved];
(d) enter into subordination, intercreditor, collateral trust and/or similar agreements (and any amendments thereto) with respect to Indebtedness (including any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and any amendment thereto) that is (i) required or permitted to be subordinated hereunder or pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations and/or (ii) secured by Liens, and with respect to which Indebtedness and/or Liens, this Agreement contemplates an intercreditor, subordination, collateral trust or similar agreement. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Loan Party from its obligations under the Collateral Agreement or its Lien on any Collateral pursuant to this Article 8. In each case as specified in this Article 8, the Administrative Agent will (and each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents, to subordinate its interest therein, or to release such Loan Party from its obligations under the Collateral Agreement, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Article 8.
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Sources: First Lien Credit Agreement (Victoria's Secret & Co.)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofhereof and by the other Financing Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each WestDeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch is hereby appointed Syndication Agent hereunder and under the other Financing Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes Syndication Agent to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Financing Documents. Dresdner Bank A.G. is hereby appointed Documentation Agent hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes Documentation Agent to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Financing Documents. As of the Closing Date, all the respective obligations of WestDeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch, in its capacity as Syndication Agent, and Dresdner Bank A.G., in its capacity as Documentation Agent, shall terminate. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates 133 142 may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Majority Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any the Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Majority Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Financing Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder, under any Credit other Financing Document or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or in the Credit any other Financing Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness hereof, of any Credit other Financing Document or of any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinherein or in any other Financing Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or documentLoan Document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with (if no Default then exists) the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) if no Default then exists, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each of the financial institutions named as “Syndication Agent,” “Joint Bookrunner” and “Joint Lead Arranger” on the cover page of this Agreement is named as such for recognition purposes only, and in its capacity as such shall have no powers, duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; it being understood and agreed that each such financial institution in its stated capacity shall be entitled to all indemnification and reimbursement rights in favor of the Administrative Agent as, and to the extent, provided for under this Article VIII and Section 9.03. Without limitation of the foregoing, no such financial institution shall, solely by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or any other Person.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder, and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) each Lender agrees (i) that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied or express obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and is used solely as a matter of market custom to reflect an exclusively administrative relationship between contracting parties, and (ii) that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (c) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (cd) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall make all payments under any Loan Document directly to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor who shall either be (i) a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 or (ii) a U.S. branch of a non-U.S. financial institution that has agreed to be treated as a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank (i) represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business, and that it is capable of evaluating and understanding the terms, conditions and risks of becoming a Lender and/or Issuing Bank, as applicable, under this Agreement, including in the context of related transactions to be entered into by the Borrower, and multiple roles to be performed by the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates, in connection herewith or therewith, and (ii) acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender, and any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement, and will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender and any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may enter into any and all documents with respect to Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto (including any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and any release pursuant to Section 9.15 hereof) as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents without any further consent from any Secured Party and bind the Secured Parties thereby, which terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. No Person named as an Arranger, bookrunner, Co-Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent in this Agreement shall have any liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in its capacity as such.
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The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Agent is hereby appointed to act as Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms and provisions hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement as received by the Administrative Agent. Neither any Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable as such for any action taken or omitted by any of them except for its or his own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or other instruments or agreements. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Required Lenders (or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall, in the absence of knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons. Neither the Agents nor any of their directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to any Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Agent, any other Lender or any Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or in connection herewith. The Administrative Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through agents or employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Required Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided below, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint from the Lenders a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint from the Lenders a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank serving with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an affiliate of any such bank, which successor shall be acceptable to Infinity (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.5 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by them hereunder, the Agents in their individual capacity and not as Agents shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it they were not an AgentAgents, and such bank the Agents and its Affiliates their affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrowers or any Company of their respective Subsidiaries or any Affiliate thereof as if it they were not an Agent hereunderAgents. The Each Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Administrative Agent in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its Total Facility Percentage or, after the date on which the Loans shall have been paid in full, based on its Total Facility Percentage immediately prior to such date) of any reasonable, out-of- pocket expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Administrative Agent, including reasonable counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrower and (aii) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it under this Agreement, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of Infinity; provided, that no Lender shall be subject liable to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have or any duty to take such director, officer, employee or agent for any discretionary action portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken taking or not taken by it with the consent taking action under or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by based upon this Agreement, all any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Neither the Lenders) or in Documentation Agent, the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent Co-Syndication Agents, the Arrangers nor any managing agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain duties or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made responsibilities hereunder in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agentits capacity as such.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. It is agreed that the Syndication Agent and the Co-Documentation Agents shall, in their capacities as such, have no duties or responsibilities under this Agreement.
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Sources: Five Year Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement (Sherwin Williams Co)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower (except if a Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Lenders identified in this Agreement as the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Syndication Agent nor the Documentation Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Wix Filtration Media Specialists, Inc.)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent Agents as its agent agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofhereof and of the other Credit Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The bank or banks serving as an Agent the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its their capacity as a Lender Lenders as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it they were not an AgentAgents, and such bank or banks and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it they were not an Agent Agents hereunder. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, foregoing (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is Agents are required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Majority Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information communicated to the Agents by or relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.any
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Sources: Second Lien Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints (i) the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Senior Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and (ii) the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of the Senior Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank The financial institutions serving as an Agent the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank financial institutions and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof of any of the foregoing as if it they were not an Agent Agents hereunder. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Senior Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Senior Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the Lenders), Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.20 or 9.02) and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Senior Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank financial institution serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.20 or 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductwilful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment). The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, as applicable, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Senior Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Senior Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Senior Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Senior Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Any Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all of its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Any Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all of its rights and powers through their Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent (which shall be a financial institution with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such financial institution). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Senior Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each party hereto authorizes the Administrative AgentAgent to enter into customary intercreditor agreements in connection with Securitizations and Factoring Transactions permitted under this Agreement.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Rite Aid Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder, and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied dutiesduties to any Lender, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) each Lender agrees (i) that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied or express obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and is used solely as a matter of market custom to reflect an exclusively administrative relationship between contracting parties, and (ii) that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (c) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (cd) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall make all payments under any Loan Document directly to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor who shall either be (i) a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 or (ii) a U.S. branch of a non-U.S. financial institution that has agreed to be treated as a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender (i) represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business, and that it is capable of evaluating and understanding the terms, conditions and risks of becoming a Lender under this Agreement, including in the context of related transactions to be entered into by the Borrower, and multiple roles to be performed by the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates, in connection herewith or therewith, and (ii) acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement, and will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may enter into any and all documents with respect to Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto (including the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable) as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents without any further consent from any Secured Party, which terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
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Sources: First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement (Select Medical Holdings Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) or Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Loan Parties agree, that the Administrative Agent may subject to Section 9.01(b), but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank by posting such Approved Electronic Communications on IntraLinks™ or a substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”) and each of the Loan Parties agrees to make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Administrative Agent in an acceptable soft copy or electronic format. Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a dual firewall and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank and the Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Lenders, the Loan Parties and the Issuing Bank hereby approve distribution of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution. The Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform are provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (the “Agent Affiliates”) warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory (including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects) is made by the Agent Affiliates in connection with the Approved Electronic Communications or the Approved Electronic Platform. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, and the Loan Parties agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Lenders identified in this Agreement as the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agents shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Syndication Agent nor the Documentation Agents shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative such Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction, each of the Lenders hereby grants to the Collateral Agent any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s behalf. Each bank of the banks serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderunder the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative applicable Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreementin the case of the Collateral Documents, all the Lenders)Required Secured Parties, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank banks serving as Administrative Agent Agents or any of its their respective Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreementin the case of the Collateral Documents, all the Lenders) Required Secured Parties, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) qualification of (or lapse of any qualification of) any Account, Credit Card Receivable or Inventory under the eligibility criteria set forth herein, other than eligibility criteria expressly referring to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to, or being determined by, the Collateral Agent, (iv) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (ivv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the applicable Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each of the Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. [[56622096068574]] Each of the Agents may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each of the Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, either Agent ▇▇▇ resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company, to appoint a successor. In addition, if either Agent is a Defaulting Lender due to it having had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian appointed for it, the Required Lenders shall have the right, by notice in writing to the Company and such Agent, to remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of a Specified Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After such Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 8.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon any Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Co-Documentation Agents (each as identified on the cover page of this Agreement) (each of the foregoing, in its capacity as such, a “Titled Person”), in their capacities as such, shall have no rights, powers, duties, liabilities, fiduciary relationships or obligations under any Loan Document or any of the other documents related hereto. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Collateral Documents, including those terms thereof applicable to the Collateral Agent and the provisions thereof authorizing the Required Secured Parties to approve amendments or modifications thereto or waivers thereof, and to control remedies thereunder, and (b) irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to (i) release any Liens on any Non-ABL Priority Collateral in accordance with an Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) release any Liens on any Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and each other Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, pursuant to Sections 6.01 and 6.02 and (b) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of such Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Arrangers shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement, except in their respective capacities, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent.Agent or a Lender hereunder. [[56622096068574]] Each Secured Party irrevocably authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent shall, upon request of the Company:
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Sources: First Lien Credit Agreement (Victoria's Secret & Co.)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank The Person serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agentserving in such agency capacity, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any Company Subsidiary or Enterprise GP or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower, any Company of its Subsidiaries or Enterprise GP that is communicated to or obtained by the bank any of them while serving as Administrative Agent Agent, as applicable, or by any of its their respective Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to them. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Person. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the Borrower’s approval (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and the Borrower’s approval shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, with the Borrower’s approval (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and the Borrower’s approval shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank and such bank, or its Affiliate, as applicable, shall have capital and surplus equal to or greater than $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After such agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Neither the Co-Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners nor the Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Co-Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners nor the Syndication Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgements with respect to each of the Co-Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners and the Syndication Agent as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Article VIII.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent (which appointment, in the case of the Administrative Agent, is of JPMorgan Chase Bank, as successor to Toronto Dominion (Texas) Inc.) and the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative such Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder JPMorgan Chase Bank shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it JPMorgan Chase Bank were not an the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, and such any bank serving in the capacity of Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent from time to time and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company Credit Party or any subsidiary or other Affiliate of any thereof as if it were not an such Agent hereunder. The Administrative Neither Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative neither Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative neither Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinherein and in the other Loan Documents, the Administrative neither Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company Credit Party or any of its respective subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Neither Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreementprovided herein, all with the Lenders) consent or at the request of the Required Lenders of a particular Class, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Neither Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower the Borrower, a Lender or a Lenderthe other Agent, and the Administrative neither Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any the other Credit DocumentLoan Documents, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or under any Credit Document of the other Loan Documents or in connection herewith of therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or in the Credit any other Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Neither Agent shall, except to the extent expressly instructed by the Required Lenders with respect to collateral security under the Security Documents, be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder or under any other Loan Document. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Either Agent may perform any and all of its duties, and exercise its rights and powers, by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Either Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of such Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as such Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, as provided in this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, each Issuing Bank, the Borrower and the other Agent. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent, and the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after such retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then such retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such retiring Agent, and such retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article IX and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Bookrunner, Lead Arranger, Syndication Agent or Documentation Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any duties or responsibilities under this Agreement, except in their capacity, if any, as Agents or Lenders hereunder.
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The Agents. Appointment Nature of Relationship. Bank One, NA is hereby appointed by each of the Lenders as its contractual representative (herein referred to as the "Administrative Agent") hereunder and under each other Documents, and each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the contractual representative of such Lender with the rights and duties expressly set forth herein and in the other Documents. J▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Europe Limited, Bank One, NA, Tokyo Branch and B▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Branch are each hereby respectively appointed by each of the Lenders as their contractual representative (each a "Funding Agent", and collectively, the "Funding Agents") hereunder and under each other Documents, and each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Funding Agents to act as the contractual representative of such Lender with the rights and duties expressly set forth herein and in the other Documents (the Administrative Agent and the Funding Agents are collectively referred to herein as the "Agents"). The Agents agree to act as such contractual representative upon the express conditions contained in this Article 10. Notwithstanding the use of the defined term "Agent," it is expressly understood and agreed that none of the Agents shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to any Lender by reason of this Agreement or any other Documents and that the Agents are merely acting as the contractual representative of the Lenders with only those duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Documents. In their capacity as the Lenders' contractual representative, the Agents (i) do not hereby assume any fiduciary duties to any of the Lenders, (ii) are "representatives" of the Lenders within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code and (iii) are acting as an independent contractors, the rights and duties of which are limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative agrees to assert no claim against any Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company or Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement agency theory or any other Credit Documenttheory of liability for breach of fiduciary duty, (ii) the contents all of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agentwhich claims each Lender hereby waives.
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Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (Richardson Electronics LTD/De)
The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMCB is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent, and JPMEL is hereby appointed to act as London Agent, on behalf of the Lenders and, where applicable, the Issuing Banks. Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofof the Credit Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank Any Lender serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an such Agent, and such bank Lender and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof as if it were not an such Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Credit Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Credit Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Credit Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not or be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings or any Company Subsidiary that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower Agent, a Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative no such Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the any Credit Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Credit Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it in good faith to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Credit Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Such Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs and the provisions of Section 10.03 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Administrative Agent, or, if the Administrative Agent shall have resigned, the Required Lenders, shall have the right (in consultation with, and with the consent of (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing pursuant to clause (g) or (h) of Section 7.01), the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may (in consultation with, and with the consent of (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing pursuant to clause (g) or (h) of Section 7.01), the Company, which shall not unreasonably withhold such consent and which shall, if the retiring Agent shall so request, designate and approve a successor Agent) on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Credit Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the institutions named as Syndication Agents or Documentation Agents in the heading of this Agreement shall, in their capacities as such, have any duties or responsibilities of any kind under this Agreement.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints (i) the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Senior Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and (ii) the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of the Senior Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank The financial institutions serving as an Agent the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank financial institutions and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof of any of the foregoing as if it they were not an Agent Agents hereunder. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Senior Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Senior Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the Lenders), Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.20 or 9.02) and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Senior Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank financial institution serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.20 or 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductwilful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment). The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, as applicable, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Senior Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Senior Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Senior Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Senior Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Any Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all of its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Any Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all of its rights and powers through their Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent (which shall be a financial institution with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such financial institution). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Senior Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each party hereto authorizes the Administrative AgentAgent to enter into customary intercreditor agreements in connection with Securitizations and Factoring Transactions permitted under this Agreement.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Rite Aid Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) or Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Loan Parties agree that the Administrative Agent may, subject to Section 9.01(b), but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks by posting such Approved Electronic Communications on IntraLinks™ or a substantially similar secure electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”) and each of the Loan Parties agrees to make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Administrative Agent in an acceptable soft copy or electronic format. Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a dual firewall and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and the Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Lenders, the Loan Parties and the Issuing Banks hereby approve distribution of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution. The Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform are provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (the “Agent Affiliates”) warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory (including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects) is made by the Agent Affiliates in connection with the Approved Electronic Communications or the Approved Electronic Platform. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks, and the Loan Parties agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Lenders identified in this Agreement as the Syndication Agents shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, neither Syndication Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. To the extent required by any applicable laws, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 2.17, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, within 10 days after written demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold any Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this paragraph. The agreements in this paragraph shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Revolving Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” shall, for purposes of this paragraph, include any Issuing Bank.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Symbion Inc/Tn)
The Agents. (a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
(b) The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. .
(c) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the duties of the Administrative Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to have by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document a fiduciary relationship or other implied dutiesduties in respect of any Lender, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Administrative Agent any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document except as expressly set forth herein or therein. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductmisconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision). The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. If the Administrative Agent requests instructions from the Required Lenders with respect to any act or action (including failure to act) in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders; and the Administrative Agent shall not incur liability to any Lender by reason of so refraining. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Administrative Agent as a result of the Administrative Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder or under any other Loan Document in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders.
(e) The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
(i) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time upon 15 days’ prior notice to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and unless a Default or Event of Default exists, the Borrower. Any such resignation by an Administrative Agent hereunder shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender, in which case the resigning Administrative Agent (x) shall not be required to issue any further Letters of Credit after delivering such notice or make any additional Swingline Loans after delivering such notice hereunder and (y) shall maintain all of its rights as Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it, or Swingline Loans made by it, prior to the date of such resignation. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor which successor Administrative Agent shall be consented to by the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 15 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
(ii) The Required Lenders and the Borrower may at any time when the Administrative Agent has become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, upon no less than 10 Business Days’ prior notice, replace the Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent is replaced pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor which successor Administrative Agent shall be consented to by the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i), provided that the successor Administrative Agent shall not be the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it and shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the replaced Administrative Agent, and the replaced Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. The provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such replaced Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the replaced Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent. Any such replacement of an Administrative Agent hereunder shall automatically, and with no further action required on the part of the Administrative Agent, constitute the resignation of the Administrative Agent in its capacity as an Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender, in which case the replaced Administrative Agent (x) shall not be required to issue any further Letters of Credit or make any additional Swingline Loans hereunder and (y) shall maintain all of its rights as Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it, or Swingline Loans made by it, prior to the date of such replacement.
(g) Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, and to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with the making and the continuance of the Loans and the taking or not taking of any action in connection herewith and (ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender or the holder of any promissory note in respect of the Obligations with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender or the holder of any promissory note in respect of the Obligations for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection, collectibility, priority or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the financial condition of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the financial condition of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default.
(h) The Lenders identified in this Agreement as the Syndication Agents and the Documentation Agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Syndication Agent nor the Documentation Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, each Arranger is named as such for recognition purposes only, and in its capacity as such shall have no powers, duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; it being understood and agreed that each Arranger shall be entitled to all indemnification and reimbursement rights in favor of the Administrative Agent as, and to the extent, provided for under Section 9.03. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Arranger shall not, solely by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or any other Person.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent also shall act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder, and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied dutiesduties to any Lender, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) each Lender agrees (i) that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied or express obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and is used solely as a matter of market custom to reflect an exclusively administrative relationship between contracting parties, and (ii) that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (c) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (cd) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall make all payments under any Loan Document directly to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor who shall either be (i) a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 or (ii) a U.S. branch of a non-U.S. financial institution that has agreed to be treated as a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender (i) represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business, and that it is capable of evaluating and understanding the terms, conditions and risks of becoming a Lender under this Agreement, including in the context of related transactions to be entered into by the Borrower, and multiple roles to be performed by the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and their respective Affiliates, in connection herewith or therewith, and (ii) acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, any other Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement, and will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, any other Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may enter into any and all documents with respect to Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto (including the Intercreditor Agreement or any Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable) as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents without any further consent from any Secured Party, which terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. No Person named as an Arranger in this Agreement shall have any liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in its capacity as such.
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The Agents. 12.1. Appointment
(a) Each Lender hereby designates and appoints Chase as the Administrative Agent, UBS as the Syndication Agent, PNC as the Documentation Agent and the Arrangers as the Arrangers of the Lenders such Lender under this Agreement, and each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers to take such actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the Loan Documents and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, set forth herein or therein together with such actions and other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company or Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting and the generality of Arrangers each agrees to act as such on the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, express conditions contained in this Article XII.
(b) The provisions of this Article XII are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Arrangers and the other Lenders, and neither the Borrower, RMOP, the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower or RMOP shall not have any duty rights to take rely on or enforce any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that of the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders provisions hereof (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except other than as expressly set forth hereinin Section 12.7). In performing its respective functions and duties under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Syndication Agent, and each Arranger shall act solely as agents of the Lenders and do not have any duty to disclose, assume and shall not be liable deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of agency, trustee or fiduciary with or for the failure to discloseCompany, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent Borrower, RMOP or any Subsidiary of its Affiliates in any capacitythe Borrower or RMOP. The Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Syndication Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of each Arranger may perform any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or documenttheir respective duties hereunder, or (v) under the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV Loan Documents, by or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agentthrough their respective agents or employees.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender hereby 105 authorizes GE Capital to consent, on behalf of each Lender, to an Interim Order substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F, to the Canadian Interim Order, to the Final Order and the Canadian Final Order to be negotiated between the Borrowers, the Agents and the Committee. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Parent Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Parent Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any the Parent Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any of the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and 106 shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor to the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the other Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Parent Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Parent Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent that shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Parent Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Parent Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The provisions of this Article shall apply to the Collateral Agent as though named herein as the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, neither the Arranger nor the Syndication Agent shall, in their capacity as such, have any responsibilities under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. 107
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (for purposes of this Article VIII, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are referred to collectively as the “Agents”) its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf behalf, including the execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders to execute any and all documents (including releases and the Security Documents) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof any of their respective Affiliates as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity; provided that the no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its reasonable opinion or the reasonable opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability (which is not indemnified) or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law and (d) no Agent shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary or as such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreement, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in Sections 9.08 and Article VII) or in the absence of its own (or its Related Parties’) gross negligence negligence, bad faith or willful misconductmisconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless such Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers under any Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it (other than a Disqualified Institution). Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties (other than a Disqualified Institution). The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent in such capacity and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the term facility provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Borrower, to appoint a successor; provided that during the existence and continuance of an Event of Default no such consent of the Borrower shall be required. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent with the prior consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Borrower; provided that during the existence and continuance of an Event of Default no such consent of the Borrower shall be required. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while acting as Agent. In addition, notwithstanding the effectiveness of a resignation by the Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) the retiring Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, continue to provide the services of the Administrative Agent solely with respect to administering, collecting and delivering any payments of principal, interest, fees, premium or other amounts in respect of the Loans and maintaining the books and records relating thereto (such Administrative Agent acting in such capacity, the “Paying Agent”), (b) the term “Administrative Agent” when used in connection with any such functions shall be deemed to mean such retiring Administrative Agent in its capacity as the Paying Agent and (c) such retiring Administrative Agent shall, in its capacity as the Paying Agent, continue to be vested with and enjoy all of the rights and benefits of an Administrative Agent hereunder. With effect from the Resignation Effective Date, (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents and (2) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through such Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as an Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring Agent), and the retiring Agent shall be discharged, to the extent not already discharged, from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation under the Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.06 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as an Agent. The Arranger, in its capacity as such, shall have no duties or responsibilities, and shall incur no liability, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arranger, or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arranger or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Agents (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agents shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agents (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Agents and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts earned, due and payable to the Lenders and the Agents under Sections 2.05 and 9.06 allowed in such judicial proceeding; and (b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Agents and, in the event that the Agents shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Agents any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Agents under Sections 2.05 and 9.06. The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize each Agent, at its option and in its discretion: (a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent obligations), (ii) that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other disposition permitted under the Loan Documents, or (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders; (b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Sections 6.02(g) and 6.02(h); (c) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty and each other Loan Document if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary (or otherwise constitutes an Excluded Subsidiary) as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents; and (d) to enter into each Security Document (including the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement) and any customary intercreditor agreements as required herein for the benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties and the Lenders hereby agree to be bound thereby. Upon request by the Agents at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release or the Administrative Agent.’s authority to subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Article VIII. The Agents shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall any Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authori
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent Agents as its agent agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, foregoing (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, and (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required permitted hereunder unless requested to exercise do so in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative . No Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to In addition, the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agents. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it 43 39 to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each of the Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each of the Agents may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. The Administrative Agent, the CAF Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through Affiliates or its or its Affiliates' employees. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent, to the Affiliates of the Administrative Agent, the CAF Agent and any such sub-agent and to the directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of the Administrative Agent, the CAF Agent, any such sub-agent and their respective Affiliates. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders, with the consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in The City of New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share at the time reimbursement is sought (based on its Commitment hereunder or, if the Commitments shall have expired or terminated, based on its portion of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and outstanding Competitive Loans) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Agent, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Agents and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Agent or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower, provided that no Lender shall be liable to any Agent or any such other indemnified person for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have 44 40 resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Belo a H Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank Any Person serving as an Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as ------------ expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company of the Loan Parties that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its ------------ own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to it by the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin ---------- any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Lenders identified in this Agreement as the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Syndication Agent nor the Documentation Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (St. Louis Pharmaceutical Services, LLC)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent Agents as its agent agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company, Thomson-Reuters PLC or any Company subsidiaries or Affiliate other Affiliates thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is Agents are required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the Lenders), Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company, Thomson-Reuters PLC or any Company of their subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent them or any of its their Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its their own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through its respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs and the provisions of Section 10.03 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the other Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation by the General Administrative Agent) or the General Administrative Agent (in the case of a resignation by any other Agent) shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be (a) in the case of any successor General Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent, a bank with an office in the City of New York and in Toronto, (b) in the case of any successor London Agent, a bank with an office in London and (c) in the case of any successor Australian Administrative Agent, a bank with an office in Sydney, or an Affiliate of any such bank, that is reasonably acceptable to the Company. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The parties agree that none of the Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, the Syndication Agents or the Documentation Agents named on the cover page of this Agreement shall, in such capacities, have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (for purposes of this Article VIII, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are referred to collectively as the “Agents”) its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf behalf, including the execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders to execute any and all documents (including releases and the Security Documents) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents. Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company Loan Party or Affiliate thereof any of their respective Affiliates as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and nor shall not it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper person. Each Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Borrower, to appoint a successor; provided that during the existence and continuance of an Event of Default no such consent of the Borrower shall be required. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while acting as Agent. In addition, notwithstanding the effectiveness of a resignation by the Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) the retiring Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, continue to provide the services of the Administrative Agent solely with respect to administering, collecting and delivering any payments of principal, interest, fees, premium or other amounts in respect of the Loans and maintaining the books and records relating thereto (such Administrative Agent acting in such capacity, the “Paying Agent”), (b) the term “Administrative Agent” when used in connection with any such functions shall be deemed to mean such retiring Administrative Agent in its capacity as the Paying Agent and (c) such retiring Administrative Agent shall, in its capacity as the Paying Agent, continue to be vested with and enjoy all of the rights and benefits of an Administrative Agent hereunder. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or reduction in, withholding tax ineffective or for any other reason, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (for purposes of this Article VIII, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are referred to collectively as the “Agents”) its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf behalf, including the execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders to execute any and all documents (including releases and the Security Documents) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Each bank Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and and, if applicable, such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof any of their respective Affiliates as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity; provided that the no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its reasonable opinion or the reasonable opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability (which is not indemnified) or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law and (d) no Agent shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary or as such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreement, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in Sections 9.08 and Article VII) or in the absence of its own (or its Related Parties’) gross negligence negligence, bad faith or willful misconductmisconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the Administrative proper Person. Each Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless such Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers under any Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it (other than a Disqualified Institution). Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties (other than a Disqualified Institution). The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent in such capacity and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the term facility provided for herein as well as activities as Agent.. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Borrower, to appoint a successor; provided that during the existence and continuance of an Event of Default no such consent of the Borrower shall be required. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent with the prior consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Borrower; provided that during the existence and continuance of an Event of Default no such consent of the Borrower shall be required. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.05
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Sources: Second Lien Credit Agreement (Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc)
The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Persons named in the heading of this Agreement are hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent, London Agent and Tokyo Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank. Each of the Lenders Lenders, each assignee of any Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf of such Lender or assignee or the Issuing Bank and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving The Administrative Agent and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the other Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or the Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in the event that all the capital stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company in a transaction permitted by Section 6.04. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent hereunder in its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank the Agents and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderAgent. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any a Borrower or a (in which case such Agent shall give written notice to each other Lender), and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the Administrative proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender hereby acknowledges that the Syndication Agent and each Documentation Agent has no rights, duties or liability hereunder other than in its capacity as a Lender.
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Sources: Five Year Credit Agreement (Edwards Lifesciences Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank Any Person serving as an Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Requisite Lenders (or, if so specified by this or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 hereof or Article VIII of the Collateral Agency Agreement, all the Lenders), ) and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company of the Loan Parties that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lenders acknowledge that the Loan Documents provide for the exercise of discretionary rights and powers by the Administrative Agent under the circumstances expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Requisite Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to it by the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth (or incorporated by reference) in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Velocom Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) or Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such sub- agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Loan Parties agree, that the Administrative Agent may subject to Section 9.01(b), but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank by posting such Approved Electronic Communications on IntraLinks™ or a substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”) and each of the Loan Parties agrees to make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Administrative Agent in an acceptable soft copy or electronic format. Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a dual firewall and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank and the Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Lenders, the Loan Parties and the Issuing Bank hereby approve distribution of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution. The Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform are provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (the “Agent Affiliates”) warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic Platform. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory (including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects) is made by the Agent Affiliates in connection with the Approved Electronic Communications or the Approved Electronic Platform. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, and the Loan Parties agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Bor- rower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Lenders identified in this Agreement as the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agents shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Syndication Agent nor the Documentation Agents shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (United Surgical Partners International Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entities named as the Administrative Agent and the London Agent in the heading of this Agreement, and their successors in such capacities, to serve as its agent the Administrative Agent and the London Agent, respectively, under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Parent or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not an Agent hereunderhereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, and their duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuingcontinuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Agents is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is Agents are required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the applicable Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in Section 9.02); provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent them or any of its their Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the applicable Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its their own gross negligence or willful misconductmisconduct (such absence to be presumed for purposes of this Article VIII unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment). The Administrative Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower Parent or a Lender, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this any Loan Document, including any representation by any Incremental Lender in any Incremental Facility Agreement or any other Credit Document(it being understood and agreed that each Agent may rely, and shall incur no liability for relying, upon such representation), (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent, or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to such Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Agents shall not have any liability arising from any confirmation of any Revolving Credit Exposure or the component amounts thereof, any determination of the Exchange Rate, the LC Exchange Rate or the US Dollar Equivalent or any determination of any rate that reflects the costs to any Lenders of making or maintaining any Loans as contemplated by Section 2.14. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (including, if applicable, a Financial Officer). Each Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (including, if applicable, a Financial Officer), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank sufficiently in advance to the making of such Loan or the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent or the London Agent, as applicable. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agent. Subject to the terms of this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and Parent. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation of the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent (in the case of a resignation by the London Agent) shall have the right, in consultation with Parent, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If any Agent shall be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (e) of the definition of such term, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to Parent and such Agent remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with Parent, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (a) no successor Agent to a retiring Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and Parent or (b) no successor to a removed Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment by the day that is 30 days following of the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective on such 30th day, and on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal, as the case may be, (i) the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Documents to the retiring or removed Agent for the account of any Person other than such Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring or removed Agent shall also directly be given or made to the other Agent, and each Lender and each Issuing bank. After an Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent.
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Exposure and all other obligations under the Loan Documents that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and such Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each Issuing Bank to make such payments to such Agent and, in the event that such Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, to pay to such Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03). Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize any Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or any Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the obligations or the rights of any Lender or Issuing Bank, or to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (TripAdvisor, Inc.)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent Agents as its agent their agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The Required Lenders may at any time, with the consent of the Borrowers (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and shall not be required if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), replace the Administrative Agent (it being understood that any such replacement of the Administrative Agent shall be a Person that serves as agent for other credit facilities of a comparable size), provided that the Required Lenders may not replace the Administrative Agent unless, after giving effect to such replacement and each contemporaneous assignment, the Required Lenders or the Borrowers shall have arranged in connection with such replacement that (i) neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Affiliates shall have outstanding any Loan or Commitment or other obligation of any kind under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, unless such Person shall consent otherwise, and (ii) each of the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates shall have received any required payment in full of all amounts owing to it under or in respect of this Agreement and each other Loan Document. The Lenders may replace the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents. Any bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrowers or any Company or Affiliate thereof of their respective Affiliates as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or in the Security Documents), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company either Borrower that is communicated to or obtained by the a bank serving as Administrative an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or in the Security Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductmisconduct as determined by non-appealable final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any either Borrower or a LenderLender (or communicated by such Agent to any Person), and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to any Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for either Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of such Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the approval of the Borrowers (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and shall not be required upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and subject to the approval of the Borrowers (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and shall not be required upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default), appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof having a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as the Administrative Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no Co-Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent listed on the cover page hereof shall have any rights, powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity as a Lender hereunder.
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The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Agent is hereby appointed to act as Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms and provisions hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement as received by the Administrative Agent. NY nv-6billion -credit.htm i Neither any Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable as such for any action taken or omitted by any of them except for its or his own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or other instruments or agreements. None of the Agents or the Borrowers shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no provision in the Loan Documents and no course of dealing between the parties hereto shall be deemed to create any fiduciary duty owing to any Agent, any Lender, any Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any of their respective Affiliates, by any party hereto. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Required Lenders (or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall, in the absence of knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons. Neither the Agents nor any of their directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to any Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Agent, any other Lender or any Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or in connection herewith. The Administrative Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through agents or employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Required Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided below, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint from the Lenders a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint from the Lenders a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank serving with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an affiliate of any such bank, which successor shall be acceptable to Viacom (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the NY nv-6billion -credit.htm i provisions of this Article and Section 9.5 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by them, the Agents in their individual capacity and not as Agents shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it they were not an AgentAgents, and such bank the Agents and its Affiliates their affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrowers or any Company of their respective Subsidiaries or any Affiliate thereof as if it they were not an Agent hereunderAgents. The Each Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Administrative Agent in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its Total Facility Percentage or, after the date on which the Loans shall have been paid in full, based on its Total Facility Percentage immediately prior to such date) of any reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Administrative Agent, including reasonable counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrower and (aii) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it under this Agreement, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of Viacom; provided, that no Lender shall be subject liable to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have or any duty to take such director, officer, employee or agent for any discretionary action portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken taking or not taken by it with the consent taking action under or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by based upon this Agreement, all any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders) Co-Documentation Agents, the Syndication Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent any managing agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain duties or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made responsibilities hereunder in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agentits capacity as such.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders Lenders, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent and (ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Collateral Agent, (the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent being referred to individually as its agent an “Agent” and collectively as the “Agents”), and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof this Agreement or by the terms of any other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders (including the Issuing Bank), and the Loan Parties shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderAgent. The Administrative Agent None of the Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinherein or in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity; provided, however, that Agents shall give Lenders immediate written notice of any action taken or notice received or given by any of them pursuant to the Prudential Intercreditor Agreement. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any a Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any Credit other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, . The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or (v) have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it including its duties, rights and powers under any Loan Documents in respect of the Collateral or any portion thereof. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the foregoing, each Agent (including the Administrative Agent) acting under or in respect of the Collateral, shall act for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank as appropriate hereunder (unless otherwise provided herein or in any other Loan Documents) and shall be entitled to the exculpations, privileges, indemnities and other protections provided for the benefit of the Agent herein or therein. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by providing the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers with 30 days written notice. Upon any such notification, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, with the consent of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, which consent (i) shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned and (ii) shall not be required at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. If no successor shall have been so 76 appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with the consent of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, which consent (i) shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned and (ii) shall not be required at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as such. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After any Agent’s resignation, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to the Administrative Agent under any Security Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Administrative Agent, shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this paragraph (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Security Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (b) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, provided that (i) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and the Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article, Section 2.16(d) and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub‑agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers and the Documentation Agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Joint Bookrunner, Joint Lead Arranger or Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Agents in the preceding paragraph. 77 The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Agents) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Collateral Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the UCC. Each Lender authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into each of the Security Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Collateral Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Security Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Security Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for the asset or assets so purchased (or for the equity interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles (ii) each of the Secured Part
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank Any Person serving as an Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company of the Loan Parties that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to it by the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement and to the appointment of the Collateral Agent to act as collateral agent under the Collateral Agency Agreement and the other Security Documents.
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The Agents. (a) Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent Agents as its agent agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions; provided that, solely to the extent that the Borrower is expressly afforded notice, consultation or other rights thereunder, the Borrower may rely on Sections (f), (g) and (h) of this Article VIII. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Agents is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
(b) The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or to provide notice to or consent of the Lenders with respect thereto.
(c) The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, and their duties shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative neither Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that that, under the Administrative terms of the Loan Documents, such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lendersas provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative neither Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Neither Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Neither Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative neither Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Neither Agent will be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consent to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objections.
(e) Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through its respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. The Agents shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non appealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
(i) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (such 30-day period, the “Lender Appointment Period”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. In addition and without any obligation on the part of the retiring Administrative Agent to appoint, on behalf of the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent may at any time upon or after the end of the Lender Appointment Period notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted appointment as successor Administrative Agent and the effective date of such retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation. Upon the resignation effective date established in such notice and regardless of whether a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed and accepted such appointment, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless become effective and (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties as Administrative Agent of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations as Administrative Agent hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
(ii) Any resignation pursuant to this Section by a Person acting as Administrative Agent shall, unless such Person shall notify the Borrower and the Lender Parties otherwise, also act to relieve such Person and its Affiliates of any obligation to advance or issue new, or extend existing, Swingline Loans or, unless there shall then be no other Issuing Bank, Letters of Credit where such advance, issuance or extension is to occur on or after the effective date of such resignation. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, (ii) the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, (iii) the successor Swingline Lender shall enter into an Assignment and Assumption and acquire from the retiring Swingline Lender each outstanding Swingline Loan of such retiring Swingline Lender for a purchase price equal to par plus accrued interest and (iv) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit.
(g) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, with, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and otherwise in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Collateral Agent.
(h) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders (determined after giving effect to Section 9.02) may by notice to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a replacement Administrative Agent hereunder. Such removal will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be effective on the earlier of (i) the date a replacement Administrative Agent is appointed and (ii) the date 30 days after the giving of such notice by the Required Lenders (regardless of whether a replacement Administrative Agent has been appointed).
(i) Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
(j) None of the syndication agents, co-documentation agents, the senior managing agents, the managing agents or the lead arrangers and bookrunners named on the cover page of this Agreement shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.
(k) In the event that Bank of America or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Bank of America in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Lender Party under any Loan Document (other than Bank of America or an Affiliate of Bank of America) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(l) Each Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and such Issuing Bank shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article VIII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article VIII included such Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or o
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints (i) the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Senior Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and (ii) the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of the Senior Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank The financial institutions serving as an Agent the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank financial institutions and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof of any of the foregoing as if it they were not an Agent Agents hereunder. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Senior Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Senior Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the Lenders), Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.20 or 9.02) and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Senior Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank financial institution serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.20 or 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductmisconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment). The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, as applicable, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Senior Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Senior Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Senior Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Senior Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Any Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all of its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Any Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all of its rights and powers through their Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent (which shall be a financial institution with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such financial institution). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Senior Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each party hereto authorizes the Administrative AgentAgent to enter into customary intercreditor agreements in connection with Securitizations and Factoring Transactions permitted under this Agreement.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Rite Aid Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as its administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, each of the Lenders hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s behalf. [[NYCORP:3581742v17:3140D: 02/25/2016--08:35 PM]] Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any such provisions. Each bank serving as an Agent of the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with either Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not an Agent hereunderhereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrowers, any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower FCX or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly [[NYCORP:3581742v17:3140D: 02/25/2016--08:35 PM]] refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the terms of this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by the Borrowers and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the [[NYCORP:3581742v17:3140D: 02/25/2016--08:35 PM]] retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrowers, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, including in its capacity as the Collateral Agent, provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Collateral Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Administrative Agent, shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this paragraph (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Collateral Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (b) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, provided that (i) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub‑agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any person listed on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger, or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any person listed on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger, or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on or prior to the Original Closing Date and funding its Loans on the Original Closing Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be [[NYCORP:3581742v17:3140D: 02/25/2016--08:35 PM]] delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Original Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.08 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions. The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(c). Neither the Administrative Agent not the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Collateral Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Syndication Agent nor any Person named on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger or a documentation agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party or Collateral Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent, and each of the Lenders also hereby irrevocably appoints the London Administrative Agent as its sub-agent and authorizes the London Administrative Agent, to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the London Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each [[NYCORP:3024149v15:4452W:11/30/07--12:40 p]] The bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an such Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative bank serving as an Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative such Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative such Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative such Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative An Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative An Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any a Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative such Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. An Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. An Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. An Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for a Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. An Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Such Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and [[NYCORP:3024149v15:4452W:11/30/07--12:40 p]] powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of (i) the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent and (ii) the London Administrative Agent and any sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent and as London Administrative Agent., respectively. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent or successor London Administrative Agent, as the case may be, as provided in this paragraph, an Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks, the Company and the other Agent. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and shall not be required so long as any Event of Default set forth in clause (i) or (j) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is continuing) and the other Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then such retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be (i) a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank, for the successor Administrative Agent and (ii) a bank with an office in London, United Kingdom, or an Affiliate of any such bank, for the successor London Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or London Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each party hereto agrees and acknowledges that the Syndication Agent and the Arrangers do not have any duties or responsibilities in their capacities as Syndication Agents and Arrangers, respectively, hereunder and shall not have, or become subject to, any liability hereunder in such capacities. 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Sources: Credit Agreement (Yum Brands Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as its administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, each of the Lenders hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s behalf. No Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any such provisions. Each bank serving as an Agent of the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not an Agent hereunderhereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrowers, any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower FCX, a Lender or a Lenderan Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from (A) any confirmation of the Revolving Exposure or the component amounts thereof, (B) any confirmation of the aggregate Revolving Exposure attributable to Loans made to PTFI and Letters of Credit issued at the request of PTFI or of the component amounts thereof or (C) any determination as to whether a Letter of Credit constitutes a Financial Letter of Credit or a Performance Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the terms of this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by the Borrowers and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrowers, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, including in its capacity as the Collateral Agent, provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Collateral Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Administrative Agent, shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this paragraph (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Collateral Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (b) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, provided that (i) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub‑agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any person listed on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger, or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any person listed on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger, or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on or prior to the Original Closing Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or an Incremental Facility Agreement pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Original Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.08 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions. The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(c). Neither the Administrative Agent not the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Collateral Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Syndication Agent nor any Person named on the cover page of this Agreement as an arranger or a documentation agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and none of the Borrowers nor any other Loan Party or Collateral Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Facility Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Facility Agent, and each of the Canadian Lenders also hereby irrevocably appoints the Canadian Facility Agent as its sub-agent and authorizes the Canadian Facility Agent, to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Facility Agent and Canadian Facility Agent, respectively, by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Any bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity respective capacities as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it they were not an such Agent, and such bank banks and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it they were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative Any bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative such Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative such Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative such Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company, any Company Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its their Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative An Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative An Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Company, a Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative such Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. An Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the Administrative proper Person. An Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. An Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company or any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. An Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Such Agent and any such sub-agent, as applicable, may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of (i) the Facility Agent and any such sub-agent and (ii) the Canadian Facility Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Facility Agent and Canadian Facility Agent, respectively. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Facility Agent or successor Canadian Facility Agent, as the case may be, as provided in this paragraph, an Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders (or, in the case of the Canadian Facility Agent, the Canadian Lenders), the Company and the other Agent. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and shall not be required so long as any Event of Default set forth in clause (i) or (j) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is continuing) and the other Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then such retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be (i) a bank with an office in London, or an Affiliate of any such bank, for the successor Facility Agent, and (ii) a bank with an office in Toronto, or an Affiliate of any such bank, for the successor Canadian Facility Agent. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Facility Agent or Canadian Facility Agent hereunder by a successor, as the case may be, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and such retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Company or any Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its respective predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its respective sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each party hereto agrees and acknowledges that the Lead Arrangers do not have any duties or responsibilities in their capacities as Lead Arrangers hereunder and shall not have, or become subject to, any liability hereunder in such capacities.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Yum Brands Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Lenders identified in this Agreement as the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Syndication Agent nor the Documentation Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Select Specialty Hospital Topeka Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints (i) the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Senior Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and (ii) each Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Collateral Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agents by the terms of the Senior Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank The financial institutions serving as an Agent the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank financial institutions and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof of any of the foregoing as if it they were not an Agent Agents hereunder. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Senior Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Senior Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the Lenders), Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.20 or 9.02) and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Senior Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank financial institution serving as Administrative such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.20 or 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductwilful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment). The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, as applicable, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Senior Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Senior Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Senior Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Senior Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the Administrative proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Any Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all of its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Any Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all of its rights and powers through their Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent (which shall be a financial institution with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such financial institution). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Senior Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Rite Aid Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints (a) the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (b) the entity named as London Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its agent successors as London Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the London Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the London Agent, as applicable, by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not an Agent hereunderhereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, and the duties of the Agents hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuingcontinuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to either Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative an Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that an Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of the Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank Person serving as Administrative an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductwilful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment). The Administrative Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower the Company, a Lender or a Lenderan Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made or deemed made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to an Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Agent shall have any liability arising from any confirmation of the Revolving Credit Exposure or the component amounts thereof. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). Each Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agent. Subject to the terms of this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, such Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation by the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent (in the case of a resignation by the London Agent) shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, in the case of a successor to the Administrative Agent, or with an office in London, in the case of a successor to the London Agent, or, in each case, an Affiliate of any such bank. If any Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to Company and such Agent remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Company, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or London Agent, as applicable, hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by the Company and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (a) no successor Agent to a retiring Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company or (b) no successor to a removed Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment by the day that is 30 days following of the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective on such 30th day, and on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal, as the case may be, (i) the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the retiring or removed Agent for the account of any Person other than such Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring or removed Agent shall also directly be given or made to the other Agent and each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of an Agent’s resignation or removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to determine (it being understood that such determination will be made jointly with the Company), in connection with any Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary becoming a Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement, the terms and conditions of any limitations to be set forth in the Guarantee Agreement (or the Supplement referred to therein) with respect to such Subsidiary as contemplated by the definition of the term “Designated Subsidiary”. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or an Accession Agreement pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, any Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the Arrangers or any Person named on the cover page of this Agreement as a Syndication Agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and none of the Company or any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Credit Agreement (Verisign Inc/Ca)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent Agents as its agent agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, foregoing (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, and (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required permitted hereunder unless requested to exercise do so in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative . No Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to In addition, the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Documentherein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agents. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each of the Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each of the Agents may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. The Administrative Agent, the CAF Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through Affiliates or its or its Affiliates' employees. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent, to the Affiliates of the Administrative Agent, the CAF Agent and any such sub-agent and to the directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of the Administrative Agent, the CAF Agent, any such sub-agent and their respective Affiliates. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders, with the consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent from among the Lenders. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent from among the Lenders which shall be a bank with an office in The City of New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share at the time reimbursement is sought (based on its Commitment hereunder or, if the Commitments shall have expired or terminated, based on its portion of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and outstanding Competitive Loans) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Agent, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Agents and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Agent or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower, provided that no Lender shall be liable to any Agent or any such other indemnified person for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the institutions named as Co-Syndication Agents, Documentation Agent or Senior Managing Agents in the heading of this Agreement shall, in their capacities as such, have any duties or responsibilities of any kind under this Agreement.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Belo Corp)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entities named as the Administrative Agent and the London Agent in the heading of this Agreement, and their successors in such capacities, to serve as its agent the Administrative Agent and the London Agent, respectively, under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, own securities of, act as the financial adviser or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not an Agent hereunderhereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuingcontinuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Agents is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is Agents are required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the applicable Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in Section 9.02); provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent them or any of its their Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, if so specified by this Agreementor as the applicable Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, all under the Lenderscircumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its their own gross negligence or willful misconductwilful misconduct (such absence to be presumed for purposes of this Article VIII unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment). The Administrative Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent, or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to such Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Agents shall not have any liability arising from any confirmation of any Revolving Credit Exposure or the component amounts thereof., any determination of the Exchange Rate, the LC Exchange Rate or the US Dollar Equivalent or any determination of any rate that reflects the costs to any Lenders of making or maintaining any Loans as contemplated by Section 2.14. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (including, if applicable, a Financial Officer). Each Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (including, if applicable, a Financial Officer), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless such Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank sufficiently in advance to the making of such Loan or the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through itstheir respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent or the London Agent, as applicable. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender and Issuing Bank, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or an Issuing Bank Agreement pursuant to which it shall become a Lender or an Issuing Bank, as the case may be, hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Arranger, Co-Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the expense reimbursement and indemnities to the extent provided for hereunder.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Expedia, Inc.)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, as its agent agents or agent, as the case may be, and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank party serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank party and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Borrower or any Company or Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, are required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company of Borrower or its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank banks serving as Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, or any of its their Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition condi- tion set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agents and the Paying Agent, if any. The Administrative Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by a proper Person. An initial list of the proper Persons with respect to Borrower appears on Schedule 8. Schedule 8 shall not be altered except in writing by a Person appearing thereon (or by a successor to such Person occupying the equivalent office). The Administrative Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or by telephone and believed by them to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon so long as such statement, in the case of a Borrowing Request, complies with the requirements of Section 2.03 or in the case of an Interest Election, complies with the requirement of Section 2.07, as the case may be, in all material respects (it being understood that oral notices of borrowing will be confirmed in writing by Borrower in accordance with Sections 2.03 and 2.07, as the case may be. The Administrative Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, may perform any and all its duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agents and the Paying Agent, if any. The Administrative Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, and any such sub-agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agents and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, and any such sub-agents, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agents and the Paying Agent, if any. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of successor Administrative Agents and the Paying Agent, if any, as provided in this paragraph, an Administrative Agent and the Paying Agent, if any, may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with Borrower, to appoint a successor which, so long as no Event of Default is continuing, shall be reasonably acceptable to Borrower. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent and Paying Agent, if any, gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent and Paying Agent, if any, may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent and Paying Agent, if any, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent and Paying Agent, if any, hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and Paying Agent, if any, and the retiring Administrative Agent and Paying Agent, if any, shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent and Paying Agent, if any, shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor. After an Administrative Agent's and Paying Agent's, if any, resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent and Paying Agent, if any, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent and Paying Agent, if any. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), ratably according to their Applicable Percentage on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Article VIII (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with their Applicable Percentage immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The provisions of this Article applicable to the Administrative Agent also shall be applicable to the Syndication Agent and the Collateral Agent, mutatis mutandis. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks agrees to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Sharing Agreement applicable to the Collateral Agent.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Imc Global Inc)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each For purposes of this Article VIII, all references to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder, and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) each Lender agrees (i) that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied or express obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and is used solely as a matter of market custom to reflect an exclusively administrative relationship between contracting parties, and (ii) that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (c) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 2.05(j) and Section 9.02), and (ccd) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Company of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall make all payments under any Loan Document directly to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor who shall either be (i) a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 or (ii) a U.S. branch of a non-U.S. financial institution that has agreed to be treated as a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank (i) represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business, and that it is capable of evaluating and understanding the terms, conditions and risks of becoming a Lender and/or Issuing Bank, as applicable, under this Agreement, including in the context of related transactions to be entered into by the Borrower, and multiple roles to be performed by the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates, in connection herewith or therewith, and (ii) acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender, and any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it, and will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender and any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may enter into any and all documents with respect to Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto (including any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and any release pursuant to Section 9.15 hereof) as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents without any further consent from any Secured Party and bind the Secured Parties thereby, which terms shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. No Person named as an Arranger, bookrunner, Co-Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent in this Agreement shall have any liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in its capacity as such.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative such Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction, each of the Lenders hereby grants to the Collateral Agent any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s behalf. Each bank of the banks serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderunder the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative applicable Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreementin the case of the Collateral Documents, all the Lenders)Required Secured Parties, and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank banks serving as Administrative Agent Agents or any of its their respective Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreementin the case of the Collateral Documents, all the Lenders) Required Secured Parties, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative such Agent by any Borrower the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) qualification of (or lapse of any qualification of) any Account, Credit Card Receivable or Inventory under the eligibility criteria set forth herein, other than eligibility criteria expressly referring to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to, or being determined by, the Collateral Agent, (iv) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (ivv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV Article 4 or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the applicable Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each of the Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each of the Agents may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each of the Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company, to appoint a successor. In addition, if either Agent is a Defaulting Lender due to it having had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian appointed for it, the Required Lenders shall have the right, by notice in writing to the Company and such Agent, to remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of a Specified Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After such Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 8.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon any Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Co-Documentation Agents (each as identified on the cover page of this Agreement) (each of the foregoing, in its capacity as such, a “Titled Person”), in their capacities as such, shall have no rights, powers, duties, liabilities, fiduciary relationships or obligations under any Loan Document or any of the other documents related hereto. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Collateral Documents, including those terms thereof applicable to the Collateral Agent and the provisions thereof authorizing the Required Secured Parties to approve amendments or modifications thereto or waivers thereof, and to control remedies thereunder, and (b) irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to (i) release any Liens on any Non-ABL Priority Collateral in accordance with an Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) release any Liens on any Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and each other Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, pursuant to Sections 6.01 and 6.02 and (b) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of such Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Arrangers shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement, except in their respective capacities, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder. Each Secured Party irrevocably authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent shall, upon request of the Company:
(a) without limiting Section 9.22, release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon the occurrence of the Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or to be sold or transferred as part of or in connection with any Disposition permitted under the Loan Documents to a Person that is not a Loan Party, (iii) that does not constitute (or ceases to constitute) Collateral, (iv) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Guarantee of the Obligations otherwise in accordance with the Loan Documents, (v) as required under clause (d) below or (vi) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of Lenders as shall be necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) in accordance with Section 9.02;
(b) without limiting Section 9.22 (but subject to the proviso to Section 9.22(a)), release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Collateral Agreement (i) if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of a single transaction or series of related transactions or any event or other circumstance permitted hereunder) and/or (ii) upon the occurrence of the Termination Date;
(c) [reserved];
(d) enter into subordination, intercreditor, collateral trust and/or similar agreements (and any amendments thereto) with respect to Indebtedness (including any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and any amendment thereto) that is (i) required or permitted to be subordinated hereunder or pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations and/or (ii) secured by Liens, and with respect to which Indebtedness and/or Liens, this Agreement contemplates an intercreditor, subordination, collateral trust or similar agreement. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Loan Party from its obligations under the Collateral Agreement or its Lien on any Collateral pursuant to this Article 8. In each case as specified in this Article 8, the Administrative Agent will (and each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents, to subordinate its interest therein, or to release such Loan Party from its obligations under the Collateral Agreement, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Article 8.
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Sources: First Lien Credit Agreement (Victoria's Secret & Co.)
The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Except with respect to the consent rights of the Borrower relating to a successor agent as set forth below, the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. The bank serving as an the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Company Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Company of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit DocumentAgreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in herein or the Credit Documentoccurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly until such time as the Required Lenders appoint, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), a successor Administrative Agent hereunder. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. It is agreed that the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall, in their capacities as such, have no duties or responsibilities under this Agreement.
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The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Agent is hereby appointed to act as Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms and provisions hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each bank serving as an The Administrative Agent hereunder shall have is hereby expressly authorized by the same rights Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any interest on the Loans and all other Lender and may exercise amounts due to the same as though it were not an AgentLenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement as received by the Administrative Agent. Neither any Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable as such bank and for any action taken or omitted by any of them except for its Affiliates may accept deposits fromor his own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, lend money or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to and generally engage ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any kind this Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of business with any Company this Agreement or Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunderother instruments or agreements. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties in all cases be fully protected in acting, or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingrefraining from acting, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing accordance with written instructions signed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as when expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreementrequired hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall, in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by contrary, be entitled to rely on any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.or
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Sources: 364 Day Credit Agreement (Infinity Broadcasting Corp /De/)
The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Agent is hereby appointed to act as Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms and provisions hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement as received by the Administrative Agent. Neither any Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable as such for any action taken or omitted by any of them except for its or his own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or other instruments or agreements. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Required Lenders (or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall, in the absence of knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons. Neither the Agents nor any of their directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to any Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Agent, any other Lender or any Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or in connection herewith. The Administrative Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through agents or employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Required Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided below, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint from the Lenders a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint from the Lenders a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank serving with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an affiliate of any such bank, which successor shall be acceptable to Viacom (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.5 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by them hereunder, the Agents in their individual capacity and not as Agents shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it they were not an AgentAgents, and such bank the Agents and its Affiliates their affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrowers or any Company of their respective Subsidiaries or any Affiliate thereof as if it they were not an Agent hereunderAgents. The Each Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Administrative Agent in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its Total Facility Percentage or, after the date on which the Loans shall have been paid in full, based on its Total Facility Percentage immediately prior to such date) of any reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Administrative Agent, including reasonable counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrower and (aii) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it under this Agreement, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of Viacom; provided, that no Lender shall be subject liable to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have or any duty to take such director, officer, employee or agent for any discretionary action portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken taking or not taken by it with the consent taking action under or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by based upon this Agreement, all any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Neither the Lenders) or in Syndication Agent, the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent Co-Documentation Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers nor any managing agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain duties or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made responsibilities hereunder in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agentits capacity as such.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (for purposes of this Article VIII, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are referred to collectively as the “Agents”) its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agents to take such actions on its behalf behalf, including the execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms hereofof the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders to execute any and all documents (including releases and the Security Documents) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents. Each bank person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company Loan Party or Affiliate thereof any of their respective Affiliates as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Administrative No Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative no Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuingcontinuing and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term us used merely as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties, (b) the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby by the Loan Documents that the Administrative such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or such other number or percentage of the LendersLenders as shall be required under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08), and (c) except as expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, the Administrative no Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and nor shall not it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the bank person serving as Administrative an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative No Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (oror such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08), if so specified by this or with respect to any action requested to be taken pursuant to Section 6.09 of the LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or with respect to any action requested to be taken pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Depositary Agreement, all or by reason of a Crest Remedy Instruction (as defined in the Lenders) Depositary Agreement), or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconductmisconduct as determined by the non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Administrative No Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (which notice shall state the following: “This is a Notice of Default under that certain $250,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2008, among Cheniere Common Units Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders time to time party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon”) is given to the Administrative such Agent by any the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative no Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Credit Document thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Credit Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere hereinin any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the Administrative Agent.contrary in this Agreement, each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or an Assignment and Acceptance, and funding its Loans on the Closing Date or its Delayed Draw Loans on or prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other
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