The Calculation Agent. (a) The Lenders hereby appoint U.S. Bank National Association as Calculation Agent, and authorize the Calculation Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Calculation Agent by the terms hereof, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and U.S. Bank National Association hereby accepts such appointment. (i) The duties of the Calculation Agent hereunder shall be limited to those duties expressly set forth in this Agreement. (ii) In the event of a discrepancy between the calculations received by the Calculation Agent from the Borrowers or the Borrower Representative and the results of the reviews thereof conducted by the Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent shall give prompt written notice (which shall be in electronic form posted to the Data Site) of such discrepancy, and the Calculation Agent shall work with such parties to resolve such discrepancy. (iii) Each of the Borrowers, the Borrower Representative, the Master Property Manager, the Lenders and the Agent agree that so long as the Calculation Agent complies with the terms of clause (ii) above, the Calculation Agent shall have no liability with respect to any calculations that are verified by the Calculation Agent (including pursuant to consultations described in clause (ii) above) that are subsequently determined to be incorrect. For avoidance of doubt, such exculpation from liability shall include, without limitation, any loss, liability or expense of Lenders incurred as a result of lending to Borrowers based on any such erroneous calculations. (b) Any successor Calculation Agent shall be appointed by the Agent subject to providing notice thereof to the Lenders and the absence of objection thereto by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days after being notified thereof (or such shorter period in which the Required Lenders consent thereto). The Agent shall have the right to approve in its sole discretion the fees (including any adjustments or modifications thereto) required to engage the services of any such successor Calculation Agent and such approved fee shall constitute the Calculation Agent Fee. (c) The Calculation Agent shall be entitled to indemnification, pursuant to Section 2.8(b)(iii), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the obligations under this Agreement, including the Advances Outstanding) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Calculation Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or any action taken or omitted by the Calculation Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided, that the Calculation Agent shall not be entitled to the payment of any such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of the Agent resulting from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The provisions of this Section shall survive the payment of the Obligations, the termination of this Agreement, and any resignation or removal of the Calculation Agent. (d) The Calculation Agent shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Calculation Agent in such capacity herein. No implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud on the part of the Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent may conclusively rely on the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed in any certificates or opinions furnished to the Calculation Agent pursuant to and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement. The Calculation Agent shall not be responsible for verifying any calculations pursuant to this Agreement to the extent information necessary to make such verifications is not provided to it by the Agent, the Borrower Representative or the Borrowers. (e) The Calculation Agent shall not be liable for (i) an error of judgment made in good faith by one of its officers; or (ii) any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken in good faith in accordance with or believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred by this Agreement or at the direction of a Secured Party relating to the exercise of any power conferred upon the Calculation Agent under this Agreement, in each case, unless it shall be proved that the Calculation Agent shall have been grossly negligent or acted in fraud or with willful misconduct in ascertaining the pertinent facts. (f) The Calculation Agent shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Calculation Agent obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Calculation Agent receives written notice of such event from the Borrowers, any Secured Party or the Agent, as the case may be. (g) Without limiting the generality of this Section 2.25, the Calculation Agent shall have no duty (i) to record, file or deposit this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest in the Collateral, or maintain any such recording, filing or depositing or to subsequently record, refile or redeposit any of the same, (ii) to pay or discharge any Taxes, real property taxes or assessments or other governmental charge or any Lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Collateral, (iii) to confirm or verify the contents of any reports or certificates of the Borrowers or the Agent delivered to the Calculation Agent pursuant to this Agreement believed by the Calculation Agent to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties or (iv) to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the Borrowers’ representations, warranties or covenants under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. (h) The Calculation Agent shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability shall not be reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Calculation Agent to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement. (i) The Calculation Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate of a Responsible Officer, any report, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. (j) The Calculation Agent may consult with counsel of its choice with regard to legal questions arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and the advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by the Calculation Agent in good faith and in accordance therewith. (k) The Calculation Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights, powers or remedies vested in it by this Agreement (except to comply with its obligations under this Agreement and any other Loan Document to which it is a party) or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or in relation to this Agreement, at the request, order or direction of the Agent or any Lender pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, or such Lender shall have offered to the Calculation Agent reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby. (l) The Calculation Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts of matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by a Lender or the Agent. (m) The Calculation Agent shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of the Agent, the Borrowers, the Borrower Representative, the Master Property Manager, any Lender or any other Person. (n) Any Person into which the Calculation Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which to Calculation Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Calculation Agent, shall be the successor of the Calculation Agent under this Agreement, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. (o) The Calculation Agent does not assume and shall have no responsibility for, and makes no representation as to, monitoring the value of the Properties or the Collateral. (p) If the Calculation Agent shall at any time receive conflicting instructions from the Agent and the Borrowers or any other party to this Agreement and the conflict between such instructions cannot be resolved by reference to the terms of this Agreement, the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to rely on the instructions of the Agent. In the absence of fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, officer’s certificate, any Monthly Payment Report, certificate of auditors, or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Calculation Agent may rely upon the validity of documents delivered to it, without investigation as to their authenticity or legal effectiveness, and the parties to this Agreement will hold the Calculation Agent harmless from any claims that may arise or be asserted against the Calculation Agent because of the invalidity of any such documents or their failure to fulfill their intended purpose. (q) The Calculation Agent is authorized, in its sole discretion, to disregard any and all notices or instructions given by any other party hereto or by any other person, firm or corporation, except only such notices or instructions as are herein provided for and orders or process of any court entered or issued with or without jurisdiction. If any property subject hereto is at any time attached, garnished or levied upon under any court order or in case the payment, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery of any such property shall be stayed or enjoined by any court order, or in case any order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any court affecting such property or any part hereof, then and in any of such events the Calculation Agent is authorized, in its sole discretion, to rely upon and comply with any such order, writ, judgment or decree with which it is advised by legal counsel of its own choosing is binding upon it, and if it complies with any such order, writ, judgment or decree it shall not be liable to any other party hereto or to any other person, firm or corporation by reason of such compliance even though such order, writ, judgment or decree maybe subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or vacated. (r) The Calculation Agent may: (i) terminate its obligations as Calculation Agent under this Agreement (subject to the terms set forth herein) upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent; provided, however, that, without the consent of the Agent and the Required Lenders, such resignation shall not be effective until a successor Calculation Agent acceptable to the Agent, and to whose appointment the Required Lenders do not object within five (5) Business Days after the Lenders are notified thereof (or such shorter period in which the Required Lenders consent thereto), shall have accepted appointment as Calculation Agent, pursuant hereto and shall have agreed to be bound by the terms of this Agreement; or (ii) be removed at any time by written demand of the Agent, delivered to the Calculation Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower Representative; provided, however, that, such removal shall not be effective until the appointment of a successor Calculation Agent acceptable to the Agent, and to whose appointment the Required Lenders do not object within five (5) Business Days after the Lenders are notified thereof (or such shorter period in which the Required Lenders consent thereto). In the event of such termination or removal, the Agent shall make reasonable efforts to appoint a successor calculation agent. If, however, a successor calculation agent is not appointed by the Agent within sixty (60) days after the giving of a notice of resignation, the Calculation Agent may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor calculation agent. (s) Any successor Calculation Agent appointed pursuant hereto shall (i) execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Agent and to the predecessor Calculation Agent an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the predecessor Calculation Agent shall become effective and such successor Calculation Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of its predecessor as Calculation Agent under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Calculation Agent. The predecessor Calculation Agent shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Calculation Agent all documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement; and the Agent and the predecessor Calculation Agent shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Calculation Agent all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
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Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp.)
The Calculation Agent. (a) The Lenders hereby appoint U.S. Bank National Association as Subject to Section 3.12(g), there shall at all times during the Guarantee Period be a Calculation Agent, and authorize . If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to take such actions and continue to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Calculation Agent by the terms hereof, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and U.S. Bank National Association hereby accepts such appointment.
(i) The duties of the Calculation Agent hereunder shall be limited to those duties expressly set forth in this Agreement.
(ii) In the event of a discrepancy between the calculations received by the Calculation Agent from the Borrowers or the Borrower Representative and the results of the reviews thereof conducted by the Calculation Agentits obligations hereunder, the Calculation Agent shall give prompt written notice (which notify the Fund, the Adviser, and the Insurer. The Adviser shall, as promptly as practicable following receipt of such notice, consult with the Insurer to identify potential replacement Calculation Agents. The Adviser shall be in electronic form posted conduct such investigation of such potential replacement Calculation Agents as is appropriate and furnish the results of its investigation to the Data Site) of such discrepancyInsurer and the Fund. The Adviser shall select and propose a replacement Calculation Agent to the Insurer and the Fund, in writing, and the Calculation Agent so selected shall work with such parties to resolve such discrepancy.
(iii) Each of be the Borrowers, the Borrower Representative, the Master Property Manager, the Lenders and the Agent agree that so long as the replacement Calculation Agent complies with unless the terms of clause (ii) above, Insurer or the Calculation Agent shall have no liability with respect to any calculations that are verified by the Calculation Agent (including pursuant to consultations described in clause (ii) above) that are subsequently determined to be incorrect. For avoidance of doubt, such exculpation from liability shall include, without limitation, any loss, liability or expense of Lenders incurred as a result of lending to Borrowers based on any such erroneous calculations.
(b) Any successor Calculation Agent shall be appointed by the Agent subject to providing notice thereof to the Lenders and the absence of objection thereto by the Required Lenders Fund objects within five (5) Business Days after being notified thereof (or following receipt of such shorter period in which the Required Lenders consent thereto)written proposal. The Agent parties shall have the right cooperate to approve in its sole discretion the fees (including any adjustments or modifications thereto) required to engage the services of any such successor Calculation Agent and such approved fee shall constitute replace the Calculation Agent Feeas promptly as circumstances require. The Insurer and the Fund may by written notice to the Adviser waive their time to object.
(c) The Calculation Agent shall be entitled to indemnification, pursuant to Section 2.8(b)(iii), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the obligations under this Agreement, including the Advances Outstanding) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Calculation Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or any action taken or omitted by the Calculation Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided, that the Calculation Agent shall not be entitled to the payment of any such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of the Agent resulting from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The provisions of this Section shall survive the payment of the Obligations, the termination of this Agreement, and any resignation or removal of the Calculation Agent.
(d) The Calculation Agent shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Calculation Agent in such capacity herein. No implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Calculation Agent and, in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud on the part of the Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent may conclusively rely on the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed in any certificates or opinions furnished to the Calculation Agent pursuant to and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement. The Calculation Agent shall not be responsible for verifying any calculations pursuant to this Agreement to the extent information necessary to make such verifications is not provided to it by the Agent, the Borrower Representative or the Borrowers.
(e) The Calculation Agent shall not be liable for (i) an error of judgment made in good faith by one of its officers; or (ii) any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken in good faith in accordance with or believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred by this Agreement or at the direction of a Secured Party relating to the exercise of any power conferred upon the Calculation Agent under this Agreement, in each case, unless it shall be proved that the Calculation Agent shall have been grossly negligent or acted in fraud or with willful misconduct in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(f) The Calculation Agent shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Calculation Agent obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Calculation Agent receives written notice of such event from the Borrowers, any Secured Party or the Agent, as the case may be.
(g) Without limiting the generality of this Section 2.25, the Calculation Agent shall have no duty (i) to record, file or deposit this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest in the Collateral, or maintain any such recording, filing or depositing or to subsequently record, refile or redeposit any of the same, (ii) to pay or discharge any Taxes, real property taxes or assessments or other governmental charge or any Lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Collateral, (iii) to confirm or verify the contents of any reports or certificates of the Borrowers or the Agent delivered to the Calculation Agent pursuant to this Agreement believed by the Calculation Agent to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties or (iv) to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the Borrowers’ representations, warranties or covenants under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(h) The Calculation Agent shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability shall not be reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Calculation Agent to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement.
(i) The Calculation Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate of a Responsible Officer, any report, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
(j) The Calculation Agent may consult with counsel of its choice with regard to legal questions arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and the advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by the Calculation Agent in good faith and in accordance therewith.
(k) The Calculation Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights, powers or remedies vested in it by this Agreement (except to comply with its obligations under this Agreement and any other Loan Document to which it is a party) or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or in relation to this Agreement, at the request, order or direction of the Agent or any Lender pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, or such Lender shall have offered to the Calculation Agent reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby.
(l) The Calculation Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts of matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by a Lender or the Agent.
(m) The Calculation Agent shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of the Agent, the Borrowers, the Borrower Representative, the Master Property Manager, any Lender or any other Person.
(n) Any Person into which the Calculation Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which to Calculation Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Calculation Agent, shall be the successor of the Calculation Agent under this Agreement, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(o) The Calculation Agent does not assume and shall have no responsibility for, and makes no representation as to, monitoring the value of the Properties or the Collateral.
(pb) If the Calculation Agent fails to perform its obligations hereunder but has not provided the notice contemplated above, any party hereto may notify the other parties of such nonperformance and, upon receipt of such notice (or dispatch, if sent by the Adviser) the Adviser shall at any time receive conflicting instructions from take the Agent and actions set forth in (a) above to replace the Borrowers or any other party to this Agreement and the conflict between such instructions cannot be resolved by reference to the terms of this Agreement, Calculation Agent. If the Calculation Agent shall be entitled has failed to rely on perform its obligations hereunder and the instructions of the Agent. In the absence of fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Calculation AgentAdviser, the Fund and the Insurer are unable to agree on a replacement Calculation Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, officer’s certificate, any Monthly Payment Report, certificate of auditors, or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Calculation Agent may rely upon the validity of documents delivered to it, without investigation as to their authenticity or legal effectiveness, and the parties to this Agreement will hold the Calculation Agent harmless from any claims that may arise or be asserted against the Calculation Agent because of the invalidity of any such documents or their failure to fulfill their intended purpose.
(q) The Calculation Agent is authorized, in its sole discretion, to disregard any and all notices or instructions given by any other party hereto or by any other person, firm or corporation, except only such notices or instructions as are herein provided for and orders or process of any court entered or issued with or without jurisdiction. If any property subject hereto is at any time attached, garnished or levied upon under any court order or in case the payment, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery of any such property shall be stayed or enjoined by any court order, or in case any order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any court affecting such property or any part hereof, then and in any of such events the Calculation Agent is authorized, in its sole discretion, to rely upon and comply with any such order, writ, judgment or decree with which it is advised by legal counsel of its own choosing is binding upon it, and if it complies with any such order, writ, judgment or decree it shall not be liable to any other party hereto or to any other person, firm or corporation by reason of such compliance even though such order, writ, judgment or decree maybe subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or vacated.
(r) The Calculation Agent may: (i) terminate its obligations as Calculation Agent under this Agreement (subject to the terms set forth herein) upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent; provided, however, that, without the consent of the Agent and the Required Lenders, such resignation shall not be effective until a successor Calculation Agent acceptable to the Agent, and to whose appointment the Required Lenders do not object within five (5) Business Days after the Lenders are notified thereof (or such shorter longer period in which as the Required Lenders consent theretoAdviser, the Fund and the Insurer may agree), the Adviser shall have accepted appointment as Calculation Agent, pursuant hereto and shall have agreed cause an amount of the Fund's assets equal to not less than 101% of the Bond Floor to be bound by the terms invested in a portfolio of this Agreement; or (ii) be removed at any time by written demand investments consisting of the Agent, delivered to the Calculation Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower Representative; provided, however, that, such removal shall not be effective until the appointment of a successor Calculation Agent acceptable to the Agent, and to whose appointment the Required Lenders do not object within five (5) Business Days after the Lenders are notified thereof (or such shorter period in which the Required Lenders consent thereto). In the event of such termination or removal, the Agent shall make reasonable efforts to appoint a successor calculation agent. If, however, a successor calculation agent is not appointed by the Agent within sixty (60) days after the giving of a notice of resignation, the Calculation Agent may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor calculation agent.
(s) Any successor Calculation Agent appointed pursuant hereto shall (i) execute, acknowledge, and deliver zero coupon U.S. Treasury bonds having a par amount equal to the Agent Guarantee Amount and that mature on a date as close to the predecessor Calculation Agent an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement. ThereuponGuarantee Maturity Date as practicable but in any event no later than the Guarantee Maturity Date, the resignation or removal of the predecessor Calculation Agent shall become effective and such successor Calculation Agentand, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of its predecessor as Calculation Agent under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Calculation Agent. The predecessor Calculation Agent shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Calculation Agent all documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement; and the Agent and the predecessor Calculation Agent shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Calculation Agent all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.following
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Sources: Financial Guarantee Agreement (Russell Frank Investment Co)