Common use of The Administrative Agent Clause in Contracts

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, 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, 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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Assignment and Acceptance (Hess Midstream Partners LP), Assignment and Acceptance (Hess Midstream Partners LP)

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The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as 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 of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and consents to be bound by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Loan Parties or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries a Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV IV, the Closing Checklist or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowera Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement (Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp.), First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement (Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Bank of America (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Documents and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable lawlaws 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, rule modification or regulationtermination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a the final and non-appealable judgmentjudgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of the existence of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Lead Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of the existence of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC or PPSA sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Secured Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Security Agreement (Hayward Holdings, Inc.), Security Agreement (Hayward Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of 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 and the Issuing Banks 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 or Issuing Bank’s behalf. The Person bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, with wilful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Representative 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral, or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. 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 Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerBorrowers), 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. experts The Administrative Agent may perform any 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs 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 shall not be responsible for the bad faith, negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. 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 BorrowerBorrower Representative. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the BorrowerBorrowers, to appoint one of the Lenders a successorsuccessor that is an Eligible Successor Agent. 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, in consultation with the Borrower Representative, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with is an office in New YorkEligible Successor Agent, New Yorkuntil such time, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereofif any, as the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the appoint a successor Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower Borrowers and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article Article, Section 2.17(d) and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Arranger, any Lender or any other Lender 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 Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Arranger, any Lender or any other LenderIssuing 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. The Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent may prepare and distribute to the Lenders Reports containing information obtained by the Administrative Agent through the conduct of appraisals and field examinations pursuant to Sections 5.12 and 5.13 and the exercise of its inspection rights under Section 5.09. Each LenderLender hereby agrees that (a) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent; (b) the Administrative Agent (i) makes no representation or warranty, by delivering express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to a Report and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, and that any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel and that the Administrative Agent undertakes no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (d) it will keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its signature page internal use, not share the Report with any Loan Party or any other Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, it will pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold the Administrative Agent and any such other Person preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including reasonable attorney fees) incurred by as the direct or delivering indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and, except solely to the extent of the Borrowers’ rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of the Borrowers or any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions. Each Lender Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its signature acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Loan Guarantee provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Arrangers nor any Person named on the cover page to an Assignment and Acceptance of this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or a Documentation Agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender hereunderor an Issuing Bank), 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party but all such Persons shall have any right individually to realize upon any the benefit 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible indemnities provided 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:hereunder.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Ascena Retail Group, Inc.), Intercreditor Agreement (Ascena Retail Group, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Citibank, as Administrative Agent, to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent 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 of the Loan Documentshereof and thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving Except with respect to the consent rights of the Company relating to a successor agent as set forth below, the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have provisions of this Article are solely for the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, and the Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent Lenders and the Borrowers shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in natureof such provisions. 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 (and it 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 is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom 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. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not 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 herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSections 7.02 and 9.02), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable lawLaw, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other 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 Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSections 7.02 and 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Company, another Borrower, a Lender or a an Issuing Lender, and the . 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 Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. 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 any Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent may act upon any presume that such statement condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Lender prior to receipt the making of written confirmation thereofsuch Loan or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerBorrowers), 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 hereunder or and under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs 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 The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the appointment extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and acceptance of a successor non appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent as provided acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in this paragraph, the selection of such sub-agents. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent maymay (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation the Issuing Lenders, appoint, with the Borrower, appoint one consent of the Lenders as Company (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, and with an office in Canada or an Affiliate of any such bank. If ; provided that (x) in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Lender or Disqualified Institution and (y) if the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting shall notify the Company 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 under the other Loan Documents and (b) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring Administrative Agent, 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 pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, and each Issuing Lender directly until such time as the Required Lenders mayappoint, with the consent of the Company (not to the extent permitted by applicable lawbe unreasonably withheld or delayed), by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the a successor Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successorhereunder. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative AgentAgent (other than as provided in Section 2.15(e) and other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring Administrative Agent as of the resignation effective date), 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 Borrower Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower Company and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunderhereunder 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 benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while (i) it was acting as Administrative Agent and (ii) after such resignation for as long as any of them continues to act in any capacity hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including in respect of any actions taken in connection with transferring the agency to any successor Administrative Agent. Any resignation by Citibank as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Lender. If Citibank resigns as an Issuing Lender, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Lender hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Lender and the LC Exposure with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make ABR Loans or fund risk participations in unreimbursed LC Disbursements pursuant to Section 2.04(e). Upon the appointment by the Company of a successor Issuing Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Lender, (b) the retiring Issuing Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and (c) the successor Issuing Lender 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 Citibank to effectively assume the obligations of Citibank with respect to such Letters of Credit. Each Lender and each Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent 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 and each Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, Lender or any of the other their 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 Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain ascertain, inquire into, monitor or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding enforce, compliance with the existence, value or collectability provisions of this Agreement relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 effectforegoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (irrespective of x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether the principal 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 Loan assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any LC Disbursement shall then be due Disqualified Institution. It is agreed that the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and payable the Joint Lead Arrangers shall, in their capacities as herein expressed such, have no duties 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:responsibilities under this Agreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Sherwin Williams Co), Credit Agreement (Sherwin Williams Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading definition of this Agreement such term and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents hereunder, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documentshereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documentsherein, and its duties hereunder shall be 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 and its Subsidiaries. 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 an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents this Agreement that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documentsthis Agreement), ; 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 this Agreement or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documentsthis 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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or any other Affiliates Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documentsthis Agreement) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice Notice of defaultDefault”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Documentthis Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 this Agreement or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentthis Agreement, 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 uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in this Agreement for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). The Administrative Agent also may 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 PersonPerson (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in this Agreement for being the maker 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 Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in good faith and 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs 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. Each Lender hereby agrees that (a) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted to such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of (i) the NYFRB Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received, including, without limitation, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender under this paragraph shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (a) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (b) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of (i) the NYFRB Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender under this Agreement with respect to any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, against any amount that the Administrative Agent has demanded to be returned under the sixth paragraph of this Article VIII. The Borrower hereby agrees that (a) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Lender that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender under this Agreement with respect to such amount and (b) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any obligations owed by the Borrower under or in connection with this Agreement. The parties’ obligations under this paragraph and the immediately preceding four paragraphs of this Article shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under this Agreement. Subject to the appointment and acceptance terms of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lendersfrom its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Issuing Banks Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with subject to the Borrowerconsent of the Borrower (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint one of the Lenders 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 resignationintent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent Agent, which shall be a commercial bank with an organized under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 and a local office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 by the Borrower and such successor. After 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 Borrower, 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 (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 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 any Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunderfrom its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it 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 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party the Borrower under any Federal, State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law Debtor Relief 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:

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Samples: Term Loan Credit Agreement (RTX Corp), Bridge Credit Agreement (RTX Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named RBC (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Top Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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 is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Top Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponor (vii) any property, and shall not incur book or record of any liability for relying upon, Loan Party or 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, 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, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower)Each Lender agrees that, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable Requirements of Law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code 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 Agreementsimilar Disposition of Collateral. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof, and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Intercreditor Agreement (Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.), Intercreditor Agreement (Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, each, on behalf of itself and its applicable Affiliates and in their respective capacities as such and as Hedge Banks and/or Cash Management Banks, as applicable, hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Xxxxx Capital (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from any Loan Party in its sole discretion for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without any duty having to account therefor for same to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable lawRequirements of Law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacitycapacity and (d) the Administrative Agent (solely in its capacity as such) shall not have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce compliance with the provisions hereof relating to compliance by Affiliated Lenders with the terms hereof relating to Affiliated Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, agents or employees: (a) may treat the payee of any note as the holder thereof until it receives written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof signed by a final such payee and non-appealable judgmentin form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (b) make no warranty or representation to any Lender. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponor (vii) any property, and shall not incur book or record of any liability for relying upon, Loan Party or 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, 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, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under any right to realize upon the Collateral or enforce any Loan Documents Guaranty against any Loan Party pursuant hereto or pursuant to any other Loan Document may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof or thereof , and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.), Credit Agreement (First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named GS (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Top Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Top Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be 148 delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponor (vii) any property, and shall not incur book or record of any liability for relying upon, Loan Party or 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, 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, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower)Each Lender agrees that, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable Requirements of Law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code 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 Agreementsimilar Disposition of Collateral. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof, and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Intercreditor Agreement (Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.), Intercreditor Agreement (Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMCB is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, and by the Borrower 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 Default or Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent hereunder 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 pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by the Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersAgent. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not or be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 it by a Borrower (in which case the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a shall give written notice to each other 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint one a successor. In addition, if the Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent, to remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Lenders Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If (a) no such successor to a retiring Administrative Agent 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 in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the , or (b) no successor to a removed Administrative Agent is shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days following the issuance of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) notice of removal, the definition thereof, removal shall become effective on such 30th day and on such date the Required Lenders may, shall succeed as Administrative Agent to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the such removed Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, as the retiring Administrative Agent case may be, shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and 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 successorhereunder. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent. its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Administrative Agent, 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 Administrative 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 Company and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative 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 Administrative 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; provided that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent, 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 Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 None of the Lenders identified on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise facing page or signature pages of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 this Agreement or with respect to elsewhere herein as a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding“lead arranger”, no Secured Party “bookrunner”, “syndication agent” or “documentation agent” shall have any right individually right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve Lenders 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:such.

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Samples: Bridge Credit Agreement (CDK Global Holdings, LLC), Bridge Credit Agreement (CDK Global Holdings, LLC)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as 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 of the Loan Documentshereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person 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 (other than as set forth in the sixth paragraph of this Article VIII). It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in herein. In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders (except in limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the maintenance of the Register), and its duties hereunder shall be 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 has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documentsherein, 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 of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Documentthis Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Defaultherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV III or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein, 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 PersonPerson (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf, or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page). The Administrative Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 facility 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 Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and Lenders, or if such successor shall not have accepted such appointment 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 in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that, in participating as a Lender, it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans 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 agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing, such as a claim under the federal or state securities laws), and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank the Arrangers or any other Lender Lender, or 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Arranger or any other Lender, or any of the their respective Related Parties of any of the foregoingParties, 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 other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. Each party hereto agrees and acknowledges that (i) the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents and the Documentation Agents do not have any duties or responsibilities in their capacities as Arrangers, Syndication Agents or Documentation Agents, respectively, hereunder and shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt ofnot have, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered or become subject to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, any liability hereunder in such capacities and (ii) the exculpation provisions contained herein relating to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect shall be equally applicable to the exercise of setoff rights of any Arrangers, the Syndication Agents and the Documentation Agents, and the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents and the Documentation Agents shall each receive the full benefit thereof. 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 accordance with Section 9.09 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 case of the Collateral or Administrative Agent) authorized to enforce act for, 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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 paragraphother Lender. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability exclusive right on behalf of the Collateral, Lenders to enforce the existence, priority or perfection payment of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by principal of and interest on any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall after the Administrative Agent be responsible date such principal or liable interest has become due and payable pursuant to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion terms of the Collateralthis Agreement. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party the Borrower under any Federal, State 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 the Loans 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:

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Hubbell Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documentshereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in natureherein. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documentsherein, 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 of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein, 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, 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, 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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to None of the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party the Documentation Agents shall have any right individually to realize upon 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 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible indemnities provided 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:hereunder.

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Samples: Guarantee Agreement (Hess Midstream Partners LP)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named RBC (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), Section 9.02); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Borrowers or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction creation, perfection or priority of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, 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, 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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, Lien on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability sufficiency of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:,

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Samples: Credit Agreement (SB/RH Holdings, LLC)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks Bank, each on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that is a Secured Party, hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documentshereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the U.S., each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank 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 or Issuing Bank’s behalf. Except for the final paragraph of this Article VIII, the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Credit Parties, 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 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. Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder under any Loan Document 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 occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any 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 in any Loan Documentherein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Lender or any Issuing Bank as a result of, any determination of the Revolving Credit Exposure, any of the component amounts thereof or any portion thereof attributable to each Lender or Issuing Bank, or any Exchange Rate or Dollar Amount. 118 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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 Bank and the BorrowerBorrower thirty (30) days in advance. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one a successor which shall be a commercial bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank, which successor, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, shall be subject to approval by the Lenders a successorBorrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and approved by the Borrower (to the extent required) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Bank, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a commercial bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (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 Borrower, 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 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 the Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunderfrom its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article Article, Section 2.17(d) and Section 9.03 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 benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative AgentAgent 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 Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank arranger of this credit facility or any amendment thereto 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank arranger of this credit facility or any amendment thereto or any other Lender, or any of the Lender and their respective Related Parties of any of the foregoing, 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, Agreement or any other Loan Document or Documents, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, 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, no Lead Arranger or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Syndication Agent or the Lenders listed on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party cover page hereof shall have any right individually to realize upon powers, duties or responsibilities under this Credit Agreement or any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligationsother Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that all powersexcept in its capacity, 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereofas applicable, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, a Lender or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Issuing Bank hereunder.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Virtusa Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent in such capacity under the Loan Documents Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute, deliver and administer the Loan Documents and to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative AgentAgent (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 in its individual capacity), and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof or any other Affiliates Person that may do business with or own Equity Interests in the Borrower as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall act solely as agent of the Lenders and its duties hereunder shall not assume, or be administrative in naturedeemed to have assumed, any relationship of agency or trust with or for 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 has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent exercise (including in connection with any transaction contemplated by Section 6.03) or that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall CHAR1\1536846v3 CHAR1\1539728v3 * For voting purposes only. Percentages are approximate due to rounding. ** After giving effect to an assignment on the Effective Date by Northwest Farm Credit Services, PCA of $70,000,000.00 of its Commitment to CoBank, FCB (which will become a Lender via an Assignment and Assumption dated and effective as of the Effective Date), but before giving effect to the participations on the Effective Date. *** After giving effect to the Effective Date assignment and the Effective Date participations. 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, rule law or regulationmay expose it to liability, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Borrower, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates the Borrower, that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) ), which consent or request, as applicable, shall be binding upon all Lenders, or in the absence of its own gross negligence negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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” and stating the nature of the Default) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the due execution, legality, sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness effectiveness, genuineness or genuineness value of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in 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 uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. 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 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs 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 facility provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent. No Agent shall be CHAR1\1536846v3 CHAR1\1539728v3 * For voting purposes only. Percentages are approximate due to rounding. ** After giving effect to an assignment on the Effective Date by Northwest Farm Credit Services, PCA of $70,000,000.00 of its Commitment to CoBank, FCB (which will become a Lender via an Assignment and Assumption dated and effective as of the Effective Date), but before giving effect to the participations on the Effective Date. *** After giving effect to the Effective Date assignment and the Effective Date participations. 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 nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Subject to the appointment this paragraph and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraphSection 9.18, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Borrower and the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such resignationnotice of resignation by the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with subject to Section 9.18 and the Borrowerconsent of the Borrower (other than during the existence of an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII), which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, to appoint one of the Lenders a successor, which shall be a Farm Credit Lender or a bank (or an Affiliate of a Farm Credit Lender or a bank). 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 resignationintent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint a successor, subject to Section 9.18 and the consent of the Borrower (other than during the existence of an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII), which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. 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 Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between by the Borrower and such successor. After 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 other Agents, the Lenders and the Borrower, 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, without any other further act or deed on the part of such retiring Administrative Agent or any other Person, 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 hereunderfrom its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 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 benefit sub‑agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it 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 Issuing Bank Arranger or any other Lender 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 the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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. CHAR1\1536846v3 CHAR1\1539728v3 * For voting purposes only. Percentages are approximate due to rounding. ** After giving effect to an assignment on the Effective Date by Northwest Farm Credit Services, PCA of $70,000,000.00 of its Commitment to CoBank, FCB (which will become a Lender via an Assignment and Assumption dated and effective as of the Effective Date), but before giving effect to the participations on the Effective Date. *** After giving effect to the Effective Date assignment and the Effective Date participations. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this AgreementAgreement and funding its Loans on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance Assumption or any other Loan Document 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 Effective Date. Except with respect Notwithstanding anything herein to the exercise contrary, neither any Arranger nor any Person named on the cover page of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party Documentation Agent shall have any right individually to realize upon duties, responsibilities or obligations under this Agreement or any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligationsother Loan Document (except in its capacity, it being understood and agreed that all powersas applicable, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by as the Administrative Agent on behalf or a Lender), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance indemnities provided for hereunder. The provisions of this Article (other than provisions of this Article providing the Borrower with a consent right, all of which shall also be for the terms thereof. In furtherance benefit of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Borrower) are solely for the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) in favor benefit 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents Lenders, and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents Borrower shall not have any rights as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case of the pendency third party beneficiary 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:provisions.

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Weyerhaeuser Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement as its agent hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent 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 hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as the collateral agent hereunder and under the other Loan DocumentsDocuments and authorizes the Collateral Agent to have all the rights and benefits hereunder and thereunder (including Section 9 of the Guarantee and Security Agreement), and to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may (without having to account therefor to any other Lender) accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with any of the Borrower Obligors (or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof) as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from any of 146 the Obligors or other Affiliate thereof for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without any duty having to account therefor for the same to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline other Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulationLenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to any Lender or Issuing Bank 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, expressly provided for herein or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the other Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein or therein, 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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one (1) or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:as

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Samples: Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement (Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. II)

The Administrative Agent. Each of In order to expedite the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the entity Person named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably 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 of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as 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 Company of any Event of Default of which the Administrative Agent hereunder 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. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersAgent. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 Agent by the Borrower or a LenderCompany, 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 facility provided for herein as well as activities as the 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 Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the BorrowerCompany, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successorhereunder. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it 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 Issuing Bank 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, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, hereby acknowledges that 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 institution named on the Closing Date. Except with respect to cover page of this Agreement as Syndication Agent has no duties or responsibilities hereunder other than, in the exercise case of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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 Syndication Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights Lender, in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents its capacity as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Lender.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Waters Corp /De/)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent shall act as security trustee in relation to the security created or evidenced by the English Security Documents. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into the Security Trust Deed on its behalf. Each Person that becomes a Lender hereunder after the Closing Date hereby confirms that it shall be bound by the terms of the Security Trust Deed on and from the date on which it becomes an Additional Lender as if it were an original Lender party thereto. In addition, each reference to the Administrative Agent in this Article 8 (including in connection with any indemnification or exculpation provided herein for the benefit of the Administrative Agent) shall be deemed to apply to the Administrative Agent acting in its capacity as security trustee under the Security Trust Deed. Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Borrowers or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Borrowers or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, 173 effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, each Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with, or otherwise providing, any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Indivior PLC)

The Administrative Agent. Each of In order to expedite the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the entity Person named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors is hereby appointed to serve act as administrative agent under Administrative Agent on behalf of the Loan Documents and Lenders. Each of the Lenders, including each assignee of any Lender, hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as 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 Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent hereunder 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,the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersAgent. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any no duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any no duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Company (in which case the Agent shall give written notice to each other 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the BorrowerCompany, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successorhereunder. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it 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 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:.

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Samples: Day Credit Agreement (Edwards Lifesciences Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Credit Suisse (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 or the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Parties 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 is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent shall not be entitled responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to rely uponascertain, and inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions by any other Lender. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not incur ‎(x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any other Lender or participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified ‎Institution or (y) have any liability for relying uponwith respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any notice‎Disqualified Institution by any other Lender. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable Requirements of Law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriatesimilar Disposition of Collateral, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreementwhether under other Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders Swing Line Lender the Issuing Lender and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of each Lender agrees to hold any confidential information that it may receive from Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documentsin confidence, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity except for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, disclosure: (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 (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 Administrative 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), Lenders; (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have to legal counsel and accountants for Borrowers or any duty Lender; (c) to take other professional advisors to Borrowers or any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents)Lender, provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required recipient has accepted such information subject to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent a confidentiality agreement substantially similar to liability or be contrary this Section; (d) to regulatory officials having jurisdiction over that Lender; (e) to any Loan Document Gaming Board having regulatory jurisdiction over Parent or applicable lawits Subsidiaries, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty provided that each Lender agrees to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge notify Borrowers of any Default such disclosure unless and until written notice thereof prohibited by applicable Laws; (stating f) as required by Law or legal process, provided that it is a “notice each Lender agrees to notify Borrowers of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent any such disclosures unless prohibited by the Borrower or a Lenderapplicable Laws, 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 any Loan Documentlegal proceeding to which that Lender and any of Borrowers are adverse parties; (g) to another financial institution in connection with a disposition or proposed disposition to that financial institution of all or part of that Lender's interests hereunder or a participation interest in its Note, provided that the recipient has accepted such information subject to a confidentiality agreement substantially similar to this Section; (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; and (i) to a nationally-recognized credit rating agency provided that each Lender agrees to notify Borrowers of any such disclosures. For purposes of the foregoing, "confidential information" shall mean any information respecting Parent or its Subsidiaries reasonably considered by Borrowers to be confidential, other than (i) information previously filed with any Governmental Agency and available to the public, (ii) the contents of information previously published in any certificatepublic medium from a source other than, report directly or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewithindirectly, that Lender, and (iii) the performance information previously disclosed by Borrowers to any Person not associated with Borrowers without a confidentiality agreement or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth obligation substantially similar to this Section. Nothing in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent this Section shall be entitled construed to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document create 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, 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, 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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 give rise to any such sub-agent and to fiduciary duty on the Related Parties part 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 Dateto Borrowers. Except with respect Notwithstanding anything herein to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedingcontrary, no Secured Party "confidential information" shall have any right individually to realize upon any of not include, and the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of Borrowers, the ObligationsParent, 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 and each Lender (and each authorized employee, representative, or other authorized person thereof) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the "tax treatment" and "tax structure" (in each case, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4) of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing transactions contemplated hereby and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) in favor all materials of any Secured Party kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that is a party thereto any rights in connection with are provided to the management or release of any Collateral or of Borrowers, the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting the benefits of the CollateralParent, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent or such Lender relating to serve as administrative agent such tax treatment 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case of the pendency of any proceeding tax structure; provided that with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership document or similar law now item that in either case contains information concerning the tax treatment or hereafter in effecttax structure of the transaction as well as other information, this sentence shall only apply to such portions of the Administrative Agent (irrespective document or similar item that relate to the tax treatment or tax structure of whether the principal Loans, Letters of any Loan or any LC Disbursement shall then be due Credit 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:transactions contemplated hereby.

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Samples: Loan Agreement (Station Casinos Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and of the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the a Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, 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, 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 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. The Administrative Agent may perform any 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; , provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the BorrowerCompany. 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 BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the BorrowerCompany, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerCompany, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the BorrowerCompany, appoint a successor. 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 (to the extent not theretofore discharged) from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower Company and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03, 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 Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, 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 and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Issuing Bank 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, Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement or the Amendment Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 Original Effective Date or the Amendment Effective Date. Except with respect to None of the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party the Documentation Agents shall have any right individually to realize upon 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 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible indemnities provided 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:hereunder.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Hess Corp)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMCB is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as Administrative Agent is 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 Default or Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent hereunder 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 received by the Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with any of the Borrower Borrowers or any of its their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersAgent. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not or be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any of the Borrower Borrowers or any of its their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 it by a Borrower (in which case the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a shall give written notice to each other 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the 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. The Administrative Agent may perform any 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint one a successor. In addition, if the Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent, to remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Lenders Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If (a) no such successor to a retiring Administrative Agent 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 in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the , or (b) no successor to a removed Administrative Agent is shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days following the issuance of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) notice of removal, the definition thereof, removal shall become effective on such 30th day and on such date the Required Lenders may, shall succeed as Administrative Agent to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the such removed Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, as the retiring Administrative Agent case may be, shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and 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 successorhereunder. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent. its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Administrative Agent, 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 Administrative 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 Company or any other Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative 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 Administrative 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 the Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent, 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 Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 None of the Lenders identified on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise facing page or signature pages of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 this Agreement or with respect to elsewhere herein as a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding“lead arranger”, no Secured Party “bookrunner” or “syndication agent” shall have any right individually right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve Lenders 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:such.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (CDK Global Holdings, LLC)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement as its agent hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent 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 of the Loan Documentshereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as the collateral agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Collateral Agent to have all the rights and benefits hereunder and thereunder (including Section 9 of the Guarantee and Security Agreement), and to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. 148 The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may (without having to account therefor to any other Lender) accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with any of the Borrower Obligors (or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof) as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from any of the Obligors or other Affiliate thereof for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without any duty having to account therefor for the same to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline other Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulationLenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, expressly provided for herein or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the other Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein or therein, 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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one (1) or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the appointment extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and acceptance of a successor non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent as provided acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in this paragraph, the selection of such sub-agents. 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, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in consultation with the Borrower), to appoint one of the Lenders a successor, which is not a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or a Disqualified Lender. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless become effective (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with or the Borrower, appoint one Issuing Banks under any of the Lenders Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent which is appointed) and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and (2) the Required Lenders shall perform the duties of any such bank. If the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting (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 pursuant to clause (ddirectly) of the definition thereof, until such time as the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successorsuccessor agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and 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 Administrative 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 Administrative Agent. Any resignation by SMBC as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank and a Swingline Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) 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, (b) the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit. 150 Each Lender acknowledges agrees that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 Agreement and that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own analysis and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any Agreement and other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunderDocuments to which it is a party. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02(b) with respect to this Agreement, the Administrative Agent may, with the prior consent of the Required Lenders (but not otherwise), consent to any modification, supplement or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or waiver under any other of the Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Documents; provided that, without the prior consent of each 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 toIssuing Bank, the Administrative Agent shall not (except as provided herein or in the Lenders on Security Documents) release all or substantially all of the Closing Date. Except Collateral or otherwise terminate all or substantially all of the Liens under any Security Document providing for collateral security, agree to additional obligations being secured by all or substantially all of such collateral security (excluding (x) any increase in the Loans and Letters of Credit hereunder pursuant to a Commitment Increase under Section 2.08(e), (y) any increase in any Other Secured Indebtedness or Shorter Term Secured Indebtedness permitted hereunder and (z) the spreading of such Liens to any Designated Indebtedness or Hedging Agreement Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Security Agreement) as provided for in the Guarantee and Security Agreement), or alter the relative priorities of the obligations entitled to the benefits of the Liens created under the Security Documents with respect to all or substantially all of the exercise Collateral, except that no such consent shall be required, and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized (and so agrees with the Borrower), to direct the Collateral Agent under the Guarantee and Security Agreement, subject to any applicable requirements under Section 10.03 of setoff rights of the Guarantee and Security Agreement, to (1) release any Lender Lien covering property in accordance with Section 9.09 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 9.02(c) hereof and (2) release from any Guarantee and Security Agreement any “Subsidiary Guarantor” (and any property 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 such Subsidiary Guarantor) in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance Section 9.02(c) and (3) deliver such documents to evidence such releases in accordance with Section 9.02(c) hereof, in each case of the foregoing clauses (1) through (3), (A) if no Designated Indebtedness is outstanding as of such time, automatically and not in limitation thereof, with no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create further action from any other party and (or be deemed to createB) 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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 thereunderotherwise, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability applicable requirements under Section 10.03 of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 Guarantee 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:Security Agreement.

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Samples: Senior Secured Credit Agreement (BlackRock Private Credit Fund)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be solely administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Company, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in 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 uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. 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 BorrowerCompany), 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs 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 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 nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Subject to the appointment and acceptance terms of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lendersfrom its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Issuing Banks Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the BorrowerCompany, to appoint one of the Lenders 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 resignationintent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Person serving as Administrative 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 the Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent, such Person remove the such Person as Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the BorrowerCompany, 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 (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date. 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 Borrower Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between by the Borrower Company and such successor. After 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 or removed Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders and the Company, 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 hereunderor removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 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 Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it 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 Issuing Bank the Arrangers or any other Lender 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 the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank the Arrangers 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance Assumption or any other Loan Document document 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 Effective Date. Except with respect Notwithstanding anything herein to the exercise contrary, none of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party the Documentation Agents shall have any right individually to realize upon 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 Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee indemnities provided for hereunder. The provisions of this Article are solely for the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf and the Lenders and, except solely to the extent of the Secured Parties Company’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance this Article, none of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) in favor Loan Parties shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any Secured Party that is such provisions. Each Credit Party, whether or not a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent Guarantees provided under the Loan Documents and Documents, to have agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in provisions of this paragraph. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Article.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Kla Tencor Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent in such capacity under the Loan Documents Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute, deliver and administer the Loan Documents and to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative AgentAgent (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 in its individual capacity), and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof or any other Affiliates Person that may do business with or own Equity Interests in the Borrower as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall act solely as agent of the Lenders and its duties hereunder shall not assume, or be administrative in naturedeemed to have assumed, any relationship of agency or trust with or for 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 has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent exercise (including in connection with any amendment contemplated by Section 2.13(b) or any transaction contemplated by Section 6.03) or that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule law or regulationmay expose it to liability, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Borrower, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates the Borrower, that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) ), which consent or request, as applicable, shall be binding upon all Lenders, or in the absence of its own gross negligence negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, with misconduct of the Administrative Agent or its Related Parties (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by byin a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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” and stating the nature of the Default) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the due execution, legality, sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness effectiveness, genuineness or genuineness value of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in 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 uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticatormaker thereof), 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 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 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs 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 facility provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent. NoThe Administrative Agent 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 nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties acted with gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. 56 Subject to the appointment terms of this paragraph and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraphSection 9.18, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Borrower and the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such resignationnotice of resignation by the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with subject to Section 9.18 and the Borrowerconsent of the Borrower (other than during the existence of an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII), which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, to appoint one of the Lenders a successor, which shall be a Farm Credit Lender or a bank (or an Affiliate of a Farm Credit Lender or a bank). 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 resignationintent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint a successor, subject to Section 9.18 and the consent of the Borrower (other than during the existence of an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII), which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. 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 Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between by the Borrower and such successor. After 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 other Agents, the Lenders and the Borrower, 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, without any other further act or deed on the part of such retiring Administrative Agent or any other Person, 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 hereunderfrom its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 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 suchthe retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub‑agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it 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 Issuing Bank Arranger or any other Lender 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 the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 57 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 AgreementAgreement and funding its Loans on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance Assumption or any other Loan Document 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 Effective Date. Except with respect Notwithstanding anything herein to the exercise contrary, neither any Arranger nor any Person named on the cover page of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party Documentation Agent shall have any right individually to realize upon duties, responsibilities or obligations under this Agreement or any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligationsother Loan Document (except in its capacity, it being understood and agreed that all powersas applicable, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by as the Administrative Agent on behalf or a Lender), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance indemnities provided for hereunder. The provisions of this Article (other than provisions of this Article providing the Borrower with a consent right, all of which shall also be for the terms thereof. In furtherance benefit of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Borrower) are solely for the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) in favor benefit 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents Lenders, and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents Borrower shall not have any rights as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case of the pendency third party beneficiary 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:provisions.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Weyerhaeuser Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Barclays (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative AgentAgent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, and unless otherwise expressly indicated, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Loan Parties or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries a Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (and it is understood and agreed that without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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 lawlaw and instead, and that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) the properties, books or records of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at foreclosure sales, other than in the case of UCC sales, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative AgentBankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such action, bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, including the filing of proofs of claim in a case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, Secured Party agrees that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ObligationsLoan Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such Disposition, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligations or Banking Services Obligations shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party Guarantor under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to Secured Hedging Obligations and/or by entering into documentation in connection with Banking Services Obligations, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: First Lien Credit Agreement (Post Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of 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 and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s behalf. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) 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. 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to execute any and all documents (including releases and intercreditor agreements) with respect to the Collateral (including any amendment, supplement, modification or joinder with respect thereto) and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lenders. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in 157 nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Borrower, 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 Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other 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 (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, 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, 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 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 satisfaction of any such counsel, accountants condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any 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 satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in . Notwithstanding anything herein to the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agentcontrary, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall not be a bank with an office in New York, New Yorkliable for, or an Affiliate of be responsible for any such bank. If the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereofloss, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 cost or expense suffered by the Borrower to or any Lender as 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agentresult of, 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any determination 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 Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 Revolving Exposure or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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 component amounts thereof or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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 paragraphWeighted Average Yield. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain ascertain, inquire into, monitor or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding enforce, compliance with the existence, value or collectability provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 effectforegoing, 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 (irrespective of whether the principal y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any Loan assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to 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:‎Disqualified Institution.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Chemours Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each As of the Amendment No. 3 Closing Date, the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby have irrevocably appoints the entity named appointed JPMCB (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 or the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Parties 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 is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The Each Lender hereby agrees that (x) if the Administrative Agent shall be entitled notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted to rely uponsuch Lender (whether or not known to such Lender), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall not incur promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any liability for relying uponsuch Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distributionportion thereof) believed was received by it such Lender to be genuine the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and to have been signed or sent a rate determined by the proper Person. The Administrative 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, 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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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-agenteffect, 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (dy) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor Lender shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agentnot assert, 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 Borrower hereby waives, as 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received, including without limitation any defense based on “discharge for value” or any other similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriateunder this paragraph shall be conclusive, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreementabsent manifest error. Each Lender also acknowledges hereby further agrees that if it willreceives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that is in a different amount than, independently and without reliance or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any Issuing Bank such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. The Borrower hereby agrees that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) are not recovered from any Lender that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party. Each party’s obligations under the three preceding paragraphs shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, or any the termination of the Related Parties Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations under any Loan Document. 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 by any other Lender. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information the Administrative Agent shall not ‎(x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any other 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 by any other Lender. Each Lender agrees that, except with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking will not take any enforcement action hereunder or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or Document, accelerate the Obligations under any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this AgreementLoan Document, or delivering its signature page exercise any right that it might otherwise have under applicable Requirements of Law or otherwise to an Assignment and Acceptance credit bid at any foreclosure sale, UCC sale, any sale under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become similar Disposition of Collateral, whether under other Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender hereundermay take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt ofabsent such action, and consented to and approvedbar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Daseke, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMorgan is hereby appointed to act as the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Xxxxxx and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of and provisions hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the other parties hereto, 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 promptly 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 Borrower of any Event of Default of which the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have 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 same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same Loan Document as though it were not received by the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be 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 has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or Related Parties in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in ). Neither the absence Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by any of them except for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including concerning the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be such 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) or the occurrence of any Default. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a any Lender, and the . The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to the Lenders for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statementthe due execution, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Documentgenuineness, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceabilityenforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement, effectiveness or genuineness of any other Loan Document or any other agreementinstruments or agreements. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender that makes any Loan as the holder of the obligations resulting therefrom for all purposes hereof until the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender, instrument or documentgiven as provided herein, of the transfer thereof. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or (v) refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the satisfaction Required Lenders and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any condition set forth of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in Article IV performance or elsewhere breach by any other Lender or the Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or in connection herewith. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have no knowledge of any Lender being a Restricted Lender unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received the written notice from such Lender referred to in Section 1.06, and then only as and to the extent specified in such notice, and any determination of whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders shall have provided a consent or direction in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentDocument shall not be affected by any delivery to the Administrative Agent of any such written notice subsequent to such consent or direction being provided by the Required Lenders or other requisite Lenders. The Administrative Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through its branches, other than Affiliates, agents or employees. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may, by notice to confirm receipt the Borrower, designate any of items expressly required its branches or Affiliates as the Person to receive any or all notices (including Borrowing Requests and Interest Election Requests) to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent pursuant to this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and reasonably believed by it to be made by the proper PersonPerson (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being maker thereof), 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, 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 sufficiently in advance 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 paragraphbelow, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignationresignation of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent acceptable to the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders ; provided that in no event shall any successor Administrative Agent be a successorDefaulting Lender. 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 (or any Affiliate of such bank) with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successorsuccessor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, 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 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 IX and Section 9.03 Sections 3.09, 3.11 and 10.05, 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 and its benefit Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender acknowledges that and may exercise the same as though it has, independently and without reliance upon were not the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of Borrower or any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 Subsidiary 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, other Affiliate thereof as if it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by were not the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing hereunder and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed without any duty 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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 account therefor to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the CollateralLenders. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party the Borrower under any Federal, State 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 any 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:

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Samples: 364 Day Revolving Credit Agreement (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Credit Suisse (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms “Lender”, “Lenders”, “Issuing Bank” and “Issuing Banks” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender or an Issuing Bank, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that (including in connection with any transaction contemplated by Section 2.21, 2.22 or 9.02(c) or any incurrence of any Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(q), 6.01(w) or 6.01(x), including as to the calculation of Effective Yield and determination of the terms and conditions of, and the execution and delivery of, any Intercreditor Agreement) and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders, Required DDTL Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02); provided, provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders, Required DDTL Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by any Lender or any other Secured Party as a final result of, any determination of the Effective Yield or the terms and non-appealable judgmentconditions of any Intercreditor Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and satisfactory to have been signed the Administrative Agent, or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely(vii) any property, and shall not incur book or record of any liability for relying, upon Loan Party or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower)Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees that, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code 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 Agreementsimilar Disposition of Collateral. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding 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 Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunderor an Issuing Bank may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt ofabsent such action, and consented to and approvedbar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (a) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ObligationsLoan Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof, and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (b) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (i) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no 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 sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Secured Swap Agreement Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (ii) the Administrative Agent or Secured Cash Management Agreement any Lender may be the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (purchaser or be deemed to create) in favor licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under the Guarantee Agreement or any other Loan Document. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Jaws Acquisition Corp.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of 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 and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Xxxxxx’s or such Issuing Bank’s behalf. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) 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. 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to execute any and all documents (including releases and intercreditor agreements) with respect to the Collateral (including any amendment, supplement, modification or joinder with respect thereto) and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lenders. [[6121596]] The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be 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 has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Borrower, 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, 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, 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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:,

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Samples: And Restatement Agreement (Chemours Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named RBC (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to #95106251v3 #94168740v7#95106251v8 the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Borrowers or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the #95106251v3 #94168740v7#95106251v8 Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation, Banking Services Obligation or Ancillary Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation, by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation and/or by entering into any Ancillary Documents in connection with any Ancillary Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (SB/RH Holdings, LLC)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders Lenders, on behalf of itself and Issuing Banks any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of 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, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, 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. The Person provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the 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 bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 facility 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have acknowledged receipt a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph. 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 consented interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory tothe terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent or is a “representative” of the Lenders on Secured Parties within the Closing Datemeaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Except with respect Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the exercise of setoff rights of any Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have any the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ObligationsDocument, it being understood and agreed that all powers, such rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) 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 Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with Lien granted to or held by the management or release of Administrative Agent upon any Collateral or (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the obligations applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting , or consented to in writing by the benefits Required Lenders or all of the CollateralLenders, each Secured Party that is a party as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent shall (and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Loan Documents Lenders to) execute such documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty required to ascertain or inquire into execute any representation or warranty regarding the existencesuch document on terms which, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of in the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereonopinion, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall would expose the Administrative Agent be responsible to liability or liable to create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Parties for Obligations or any failure 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 monitor or maintain any portion 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 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:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Myriad Genetics Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named RBC (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), Section 9.02); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Borrowers or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation, Banking Services Obligation or Ancillary Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation, by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation and/or by entering into any Ancillary Documents in connection with any Ancillary Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (SB/RH Holdings, LLC)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement as its agent hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent 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 hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as the collateral agent hereunder and under the other Loan DocumentsDocuments and authorizes the Collateral Agent to have all the rights and benefits hereunder and thereunder (including Section 9 of the Guarantee and Security Agreement), and to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may (without having to account therefor to any other Lender) accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with any of the Borrower Obligors (or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof) as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from any of 152 the Obligors or other Affiliate thereof for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without any duty having to account therefor for the same to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline other Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulationLenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to any Lender or Issuing Bank 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, expressly provided for herein or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the other Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein or therein, 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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one (1) or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the appointment extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and acceptance of a successor non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent as provided acted with fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct in this paragraph, the selection of such sub-agents. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying providing not less than thirty (30) days advance written notice to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower not to be unreasonably withheld (or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in consultation with the Borrower), to appoint one of the Lenders a successor, which is not a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or a Disqualified Lender. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless become effective at the end of such thirty (30) days period (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with or the Borrower, appoint one Issuing Banks under any of the Lenders Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent which is appointed) and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and (2) the Required Lenders shall perform the duties of any such bank. If the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting (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 pursuant to clause (ddirectly) of the definition thereof, until such time as the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successorsuccessor agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and 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 Administrative 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 Administrative Agent. Any resignation by Truist Bank as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank and a Swingline Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) 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, (b) the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit. Each Lender acknowledges agrees that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 Agreement and that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own analysis and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any Agreement and 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 Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant Documents to which it shall become is 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, party. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02(b) or be approved by or satisfactory tothe Security Documents, the Administrative Agent may, with the prior consent of the Required Lenders (but not otherwise), consent to any modification, supplement or waiver under any of the Lenders on Loan Documents, provided that, without the Closing Date. Except prior consent of each Lender and each Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent shall not (except as provided herein or in the Security Documents) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or otherwise terminate all or substantially all of the Liens under any Security Document providing for collateral security, agree to additional obligations being secured by all or substantially all of such collateral security, or alter the relative priorities of the obligations entitled to the benefits of the Liens created under the Security Documents with respect to all or substantially all of the exercise Collateral, except that no such consent shall be required, and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, to (1) release (which such release shall be automatic and require no further action from any party) any Lien covering property that is the subject of setoff rights either a disposition of property (including, without limitation, any Lender property subject to a participation or repurchase transaction) not prohibited hereunder or a disposition to which the Required Lenders have consented, (2) release from any Guarantee and Security Agreement any “Subsidiary Guarantor” (and any property of such Subsidiary Guarantor) in accordance with Section 9.09 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 9.02(c) hereof and Section 10.03 of the Collateral Guarantee and Security Agreement and (3) spread Liens to any Designated Indebtedness or to enforce any Hedging Agreement Obligations (as such terms are defined in the 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 Security Agreement) in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing Guarantee and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Security Agreement.

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Samples: Secured Revolving Credit Agreement (Goldman Sachs Private Credit Corp.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, including acting as collateral agent in respect of cash collateral deposited with the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the Issuing Banks), and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have 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, a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except same acknowledgments with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender relevant Lenders in accordance with Section 9.09 their respective capacities as Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it makes 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 in the preceding paragraph. 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 Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereofAdministrative Agent) authorized to act for, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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 paragraphother Lender. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability exclusive right on behalf of the Collateral, Lenders to enforce the existence, priority or perfection payment of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or any LC Disbursement shall then be interest has become due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective pursuant to the terms 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:this Agreement.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Ugi Corp /Pa/)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of 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 and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s behalf. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) 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. 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, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any 116 discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Borrower, 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 Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other 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 uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 or otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:written

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Comtech Telecommunications Corp /De/)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Credit Suisse (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Documents and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable lawlaws, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a the final and non-appealable judgmentjudgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of the existence of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Parent Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of the existence of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, Holdings, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Documents; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may hereunder shall be exercised solely and exclusively by, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents shall be exercised solely and exclusively by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on behalf any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties in accordance with Parties, shall be entitled, for the terms thereof. In furtherance purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the foregoing purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or Secured Cash Management Agreement any Lender may be the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (purchaser or be deemed to create) in favor licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with (i) the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under this Agreement or (ii) any waiver, consent, modification or any amendment with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Security Agreement (PQ Group Holdings Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named DBNY (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Borrowers or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation, Banking Services Obligation or Ancillary Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation, by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation and/or by entering into any Ancillary Documents in connection with any Ancillary Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks Bank, each on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that is a Secured Party, hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documentshereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the U.S., each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank 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 or Issuing Bank’s behalf. Except for the final paragraph of this Article VIII, the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Credit Parties, 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 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. Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder under any Loan Document 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 occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any 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 in any Loan Documentherein, 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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 Bank and the BorrowerBorrower thirty (30) days in advance. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one a successor which shall be a commercial bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank, which successor, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, shall be subject to approval by the Lenders a successorBorrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and approved by the Borrower (to the extent required) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Bank, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a commercial bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (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 Borrower, 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 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 the Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunderfrom its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article Article, Section 2.17(d) and Section 9.03 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 benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative AgentAgent 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 Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank arranger of this credit facility or any amendment thereto 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank arranger of this credit facility or any amendment thereto or any other Lender, or any of the Lender and their respective Related Parties of any of the foregoing, 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, Agreement or any other Loan Document or Documents, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, 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, no Lead Arranger or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Syndication Agent or the Lenders listed on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party cover page hereof shall have any right individually to realize upon powers, duties or responsibilities under this Credit Agreement or any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligationsother Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that all powersexcept in its capacity, 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereofas applicable, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, a Lender or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the CollateralIssuing Bank hereunder. 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:115

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Virtusa Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders Lenders, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of 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, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, and the Issuing Banks 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 or such Issuing Bank’s behalf. The Person provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks), and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further acknowledges that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and informa­tion (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Co-Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have acknowledged receipt a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Co-Syndication Agents or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph. 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 consented interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory tothe terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent or is a “representative” of the Lenders on Secured Parties within the Closing Datemeaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Except with respect Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the exercise of setoff rights of any Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have any the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ObligationsDocument, it being understood and agreed that all powers, such rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) 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 Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with Lien granted to or held by the management or release of Administrative Agent upon any Collateral or (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the obligations applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting , or consented to in writing by the benefits Required Lenders or all of the CollateralLenders, each Secured Party that is a party as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent shall (and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Loan Documents Lenders to) execute such documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty required to ascertain or inquire into execute any representation or warranty regarding the existencesuch document on terms which, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of in the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereonopinion, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall would expose the Administrative Agent be responsible to liability or liable to create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Parties for Obligations or any failure 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 monitor 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 maintain warranty by the Administrative Agent. Furthermore, if requested in writing by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent may elect and is hereby authorized, in its sole determination, to subordinate all or any portion of any lien or security interest it holds in the CollateralLoan Parties’ Killingly, Connecticut facility to the Permitted Encumbrance constituting an electrical distribution easement (and related documents) granted to The Connecticut Light and Power Company or its affiliates. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, State 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:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Rogers Corp)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Bank of America is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, and by the Borrower 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 Borrower of any Default or 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 Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by the Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same . rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersAgent. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionreasonable opinion or the reasonable opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationincluding for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not or be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 it by the Borrower (in which case the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a shall give written notice to each 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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. The Administrative Agent 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 the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided conditions set forth in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no such successor to a retiring Administrative Agent 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 resignationresignation (for purposes of this paragraph, the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative Agent is ; provided that, whether or not a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereofsuccessor shall have been appointed, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the retiring Administrative Agent, remove ’s resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successorResignation Effective Date. 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, Agent and the such retiring Administrative 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 Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successorhereunder. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Administrative Agent, 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 Administrative 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 the Administrative 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 Administrative 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 Borrower; provided that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent, 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 Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank the Arrangers or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 None of the Lenders identified on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise facing page or signature pages of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 this Agreement or with respect to elsewhere herein as a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding“lead arranger”, no Secured Party “bookrunner” or “syndication agent” shall have any right individually right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve Lenders 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:such.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (CDK Global, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMorgan is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and Issuing Banks. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Banks Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as 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 of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank Lender or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank Lender or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any other similar term) herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other 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, 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 shall not have any no duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent it to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any no duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Company, any Borrowing Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates Subsidiary that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02) or in the absence of its own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, with wilful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative Agent shall not 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 Agent by the a Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 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 PersonPerson (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. 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 Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank sufficiently in advance to the making of such Loan or the issuance, extension, renewal or amendment of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the 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. The Administrative Agent may perform any 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrowerit. 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 and the preceding paragraphs provisions of Section 10.03 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 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 nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. 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 BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, right (in consultation with, and (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) with the Borrowerconsent of, the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent maymay (in consultation with, and (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), with the consent of the Company, which shall not unreasonably withhold such consent and which shall, if the retiring Administrative Agent shall so request, designate and approve a successor Administrative Agent) on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower Company and such successor. After the an Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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 and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, 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 Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each LenderNone of the institutions named as Syndication Agent, by delivering its signature Documentation Agent or Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner on the cover page to of this Agreement shall, in their capacities as such, have any duties or responsibilities of any kind under this Agreement. Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become as of the date such Person became a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt ofparty hereto, and consented to and approved(y) covenants, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, from the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the exercise of setoff rights of any date such Person ceases being a Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedingparty hereto, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of for 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 benefit of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewithSubsidiary, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion that at least one of the Collateral. 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 following is and will 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 otherwisetrue:

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Samples: Assignment and Acceptance (Kellogg Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Credit Suisse (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Parent Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Patent Security Agreement (PQ Group Holdings Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan DocumentsDocuments with respect to the Administrative Agent, and its the Administrative Agent’s duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Company, any Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Company, any Lender or a Lenderany 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, including with respect to the existence and the aggregate amount of any Designated Cash Management Obligations or Designated Hedge Obligations at any time, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in 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 neither warrants nor accepts responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of the term “Adjusted LIBO Rate” (or any component thereof) or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate therefor (except such as shall result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment). The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any 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, as applicable, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, prior to the making of such Loan or such event as to such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), independent accountants and other experts selected by itit with reasonable care, 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 For all purposes of this Agreement 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of In order to expedite the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the entity Person named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as Administrative Agent is 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 hereunder 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 received by the Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with any of the Borrower Borrowers or any of its their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersAgent. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any of the Borrower Borrowers or any of its their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 Agent by a Borrower (in which case the Borrower or a Administrative Agent shall give written notice to each other 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the 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. The Administrative Agent may perform any 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 the 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 Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Company, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successorhereunder. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it 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 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:.

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Samples: Day Credit Agreement (Automatic Data Processing Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents 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 of the Loan 131 Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as provisions of this Article VIII are solely for the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and such Person the Issuing Banks, and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act except as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the sixth, seventh, eighth and eleventh paragraphs of this Article, neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder Party shall be administrative in naturehave rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. 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 (and it 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 is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that . Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom 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 or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank 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. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or to provide notice to, or obtain the consent of, the Lenders with respect thereto. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Arrangers, as applicable, shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and their respective duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent or the Arrangers, or each of their respective Related Parties, as applicable, (a) 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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as expressly provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, to any Lender or any Issuing Bank, any credit or other information relating to concerning the Borrower business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates their Affiliates, that is communicated to to, obtained or obtained by in the Person serving as possession of, the Administrative Agent Agent, the Arrangers or any of its Affiliates their Related Parties in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Borrower, a Lender or a Lenderan Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty or obligation to any Lender or Participant or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, 132 validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. 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 Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 this Article VIII 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 The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the appointment extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and acceptance of a successor non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent as provided acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in this paragraph, the selection of such sub-agents. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, right to appoint one of the Lenders a successor, which successor, so long as no Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (i) or (j) of Section 7.01 shall have occurred and be continuing, shall be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Such successor shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and approved by the Borrower (to the extent required) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignationresignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent maymay (but shall not be obligated to) (with the consent of the Borrower so long as no Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (i) or (j) of Section 7.01 shall have occurred and be continuing, such 133 consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be Agent. Whether or not a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successorsuccessor has been appointed, such successor resignation shall succeed to and become vested effective in accordance with all such notice on the rightsResignation Effective Date. With effect from the Resignation Effective Date, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and (i) the retiring Administrative 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:and

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Costar Group, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, each, on behalf of itself and its applicable Affiliates and in their respective capacities as such and as Hedge Banks and/or Cash Management Banks, as applicable, hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Documents and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied dutiesduty, regardless of whether a any Default has occurred or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations obligation arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders, Required Term A Lenders, Required Pro Rata Lenders, Required Term B Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Administrative Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders, Required Term A Lenders, Required Pro Rata Lenders, Required Term B Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjudgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Administrative Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponor (vii) any property, and shall not incur book or record of any liability for relying upon, Loan Party or 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, 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, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower)Each Lender agrees that, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable Requirements of Law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code 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 Agreementsimilar Disposition of Collateral. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on any Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof, and all powers, rights and remedies under and in connection with the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or on behalf of all Secured Parties, to take any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Syneos Health, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named WF (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf hereunder and under any other Loan Document, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, Issuing Banks pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or Swingline Lendersits Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied dutiesduty, regardless of whether a any Default has occurred or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations obligation arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers (1) that are expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents and (2) that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders, the Required Specified Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein or in the any other Loan DocumentsDocument, 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 BPR or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders, the Required Specified Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Representative or a any 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 Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof or (viii) compliance by Affiliated Lenders with any term hereof relating to Affiliated Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponEach Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under Requirements of Law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code 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 Agreementsimilar Disposition of Collateral (an “Insolvency Disposition”). Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on any Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower Representative, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof, and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to an Insolvency Disposition), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or on behalf of all Secured Parties, to take any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Brookfield Property REIT Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. (a) Each of the Lenders Secured Party and each Issuing Banks Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as and designates the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents (including the Collateral Cooperation Agreement and any amendments, supplements or other modifications of Collateral Cooperation Agreement that the Borrower may from time to time request in connection with the amendment, extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement of the Term Loan Agreement, to give effect SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT to any such amendment, extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement) and acting as agent for purposes of perfection, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as Each Secured Party and each Issuing Bank agrees that any action taken by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have or the same rights and powers Required Lenders in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business accordance with the Borrower or any provisions of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder the exercise by the Administrative Agent or Required Lenders of any rights or remedies set forth therein, together with all other powers reasonably incidental thereto, shall be administrative in natureauthorized by and binding upon all Secured Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject have the sole and exclusive authority to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred (i) act as the disbursing and is continuing (collecting agent for the Lenders with respect to all payments and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or collections arising in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) connection 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, 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders Documents; (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessaryii) execute and deliver, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessaryAgent, under the circumstances as provided in the each Loan Documents)Document, provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take including any action thatintercreditor or subordination agreement, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to any and accept delivery of each Loan Document from Borrower or applicable law, rule or regulation, other Person; (iii) act as collateral agent for Secured Parties for purposes of perfecting and (c) except as expressly set forth in administering Liens under the Loan Documents, and for all other purposes stated therein; (d) manage, supervise or otherwise deal with Collateral; and (iv) take any enforcement action or otherwise exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral under the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to discloseLoan Documents, applicable law or otherwise and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating subject to the Borrower or any terms of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacityLoan 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 Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as alone shall be necessaryauthorized to determine whether any Parts Inventory constitutes Eligible Parts Inventory (or, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided if included in the Loan Documents) Borrowing Base, Eligible Additional Inventory), whether to impose or in the absence release any reserve or whether any conditions to funding or to issuance of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court Letter 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to Credit have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative 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, 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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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 satisfied in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing Loan Documents, which determinations and not judgments, if exercised in limitation thereofgood faith, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed exonerate the Administrative Agent from liability 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for any Lender 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties other Person for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 error 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:judgment.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Navistar International Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents (and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A hereby accepts such appointment) and irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) 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) duties, responsibilities, or other 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, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline 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 such Person in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessaryexpressly provided for herein, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with wilful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Borrower, 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 Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other 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 be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrower or any Lender as a result of, any determination of the Revolving Exposure or the 364-Day Exposure or the component amounts thereof. 103 The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 or otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. 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 Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, 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 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 the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or wilful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Subject to the appointment and acceptance terms of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying upon 30 days’ written notice of its intent to resign from its capacity as such to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Subject to the terms of this paragraph, if the Person serving as the Administrative Agent becomes a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d)(i) of the definition of “Defaulting Lender”, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, remove such Person as the Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Borrower and such Person. Upon receipt of any such resignationnotice of resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation subject (unless an Event of Default under clauses (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII with respect to the BorrowerBorrower shall have occurred and be continuing) to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), to appoint one of the Lenders 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 resignationintent to resign (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent maymay (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, the United States of America or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Whether or not a successor Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the definition thereof, Resignation Effective Date. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders mayand shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the Required Lenders give notice of removal (the “Removal Effective Date”) as provided in the third preceding sentence, to then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successorRemoval Effective Date. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent), and the retiring or removed Administrative 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 Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between by the Borrower and such successor. After 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 or the Required Lenders give notice of removal, as the case may be, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower or the Required Lenders may give notice of removal to the other Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower, as the case may be, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal stated in such notice, (a) the retiring or removed 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 or removed Administrative Agent; provided that (i) all payments (except for indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent) 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 hereunderor removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 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 Administrative Agent, its benefit sub‑agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative AgentAgent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Arranger or any other LenderLender 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 AgreementAgreement and funding its Loans on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, this Agreement and each other 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 Effective Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 106 In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party the Borrower 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:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Crown Castle International Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named DBTCA (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative AgentAgent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, and unless otherwise expressly indicated, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Loan Parties or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries a Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (and it is understood and agreed that without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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 lawlaw and instead, and that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative 150 Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the any Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponor (vii) the properties, and shall not incur books or records of any liability for relying upon, Loan Party or 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, 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, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower)Each Lender agrees that, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Documents, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at foreclosure sales, other than in the case of UCC sales, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof proofs of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no a case under the Bankruptcy Code. No holder of Secured Party Hedging Obligations 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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 Guarantor under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Loan Document. By accepting the benefits of the Collateralother Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agrees that is (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Loan Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a party foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties, 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 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 at such sale or other disposition and (B) 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. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to Secured Swap Agreement Hedging Obligations or by entering into documentation in connection with Banking Services Obligations, each of the other Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Am-Source, LLC)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Barclays (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as its agent and as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents Agent, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution, delivery and administration of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the U.S., each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks 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 or Issuing Bank’s behalf. Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Lender and Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender and Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender”, “Lenders”, “Issuing Bank” and “Issuing Banks” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender or an Issuing Bank, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Loan Parties or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries a Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or Swingline Lendersits Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate), and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (and it is understood and agreed that and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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 lawlaw and instead, and that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any 155 discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lenderany Lender or 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur or (vii) the properties, books or records of any liability for relying upon, Loan Party or 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, 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, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower)Each Lender agrees that, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at foreclosure sales, other than in the case of UCC sales, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative AgentBankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such action, bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, including the filing of proofs of claim in a case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, Secured Party agrees that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ObligationsLoan Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such Disposition, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligations or Banking Services Obligations shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to Secured Hedging Obligations and/or by entering into documentation in connection with Banking Services Obligations, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or on behalf of all Secured Parties, to take any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Assignment and Assumption (PSAV, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Neither the Administrative Agent nor either Sustainability Coordinator shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan DocumentsDocuments with respect to the Administrative Agent or the Sustainability Coordinators, as applicable, and its the Administrative Agent’s and the Sustainability Coordinators’ respective duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither the Administrative Agent nor either Sustainability Coordinator shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or regulationother similar law now or hereinafter in effect; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal, state, local or foreign law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereinafter in effect; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Company, any Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the 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 #96405571v11 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Company, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Sustainability Coordinator, and neither the Administrative Agent nor either Sustainability Coordinator 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in 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 Each of the Administrative Agent and each Sustainability Coordinator shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 Each of the Administrative Agent and each Sustainability Coordinator also may 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 PersonPerson (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. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any 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, as applicable, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, prior to the making of such Loan or such event as to such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent and each Sustainability Coordinator may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), independent accountants and other experts selected by itit with reasonable care, 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs 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 facility provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the #96405571v11 negligence or misconduct of any of its sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Subject to the appointment and acceptance terms of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying 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 Banks, the Sustainability Coordinators and the BorrowerCompany. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with subject to the Borrowerconsent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders Xxxxxxx and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignationintent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Xxxxx, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Person serving as the Administrative 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 the Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent, such Person remove such Person as the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with subject to the Borrowerconsent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) appoint a successor. 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 or removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between by the Borrower Company and such successor. After 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, the Sustainability Coordinators and the Company, 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 retiring Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the retiring 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 retiring Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Sustainability Coordinator. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunderor removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03, 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 Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as the Administrative Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges that none of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, nor any Sustainability Coordinator has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any Sustainability Coordinator hereafter taken, including any consent to, and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of the Company or any #96405571v11 Borrowing Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent, either Sustainability Coordinator or any Arranger to any Lender or Issuing Bank as to any matter, including whether the Administrative Agent, either Sustainability Coordinators or any Arranger has disclosed material information in their (or their Related Parties’) possession. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, any Issuing Bank Sustainability Coordinator 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 of, appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Company and any Borrowing Subsidiary, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Lawslaws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this AgreementAgreement and to extend credit to the Company or such Borrowing Subsidiary hereunder. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank the Arrangers, the Sustainability Coordinators or any other LenderLender 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 credit analysis, appraisals and 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, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Company or any Borrowing Subsidiary. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance Assumption or any other Loan Document document 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 Effective Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to the Company or any Loan Party Borrowing Subsidiary under any Federal, State United States (Federal or state) or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership receivership, winding-up 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 BorrowerCompany or any Borrowing Subsidiary) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Trimble Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Barclays (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Documents and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable lawlaws 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, rule modification or regulationtermination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a the final and non-appealable judgmentjudgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of the existence of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Lead Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of the existence of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC or PPSA sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Secured Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Abl Credit Agreement (Hillman Companies Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named UBS (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as 147 provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 148 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Wanda Sports Group Co LTD)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Jefferies (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf hereunder and under any other Loan Document, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, Issuing Banks pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or Swingline Lendersits Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied dutiesduty, regardless of whether a any Default has occurred or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations obligation arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers (1) that are expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents and (2) that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein or in the any other Loan DocumentsDocument, 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 any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Parent Borrower or a any 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 Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof or (viii) compliance by Affiliated Lenders with any term hereof relating to Affiliated Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponEach Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable Requirements of Law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code 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 Agreementsimilar Disposition of Collateral (an “Insolvency Disposition”). Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on any Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof, and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to an Insolvency Disposition), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. 163 No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with respect to any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or on behalf of all Secured Parties, to take any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Intercreditor Agreement (Certara, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named DBNY (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), Section 9.02); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Borrowers or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation, Banking Services Obligation or Ancillary Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation, by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation and/or by entering into any Ancillary Documents in connection with any Ancillary Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (SB/RH Holdings, LLC)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as 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 of the Loan Documentshereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as provisions of this Article are solely for the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and such Person the Issuing Banks, and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent Loan Parties shall not have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any duties or obligations of such provisions, except those expressly as set forth in the Loan Documentssixth, eighth and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in natureninth paragraphs below. 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 (and it 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 is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that . Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties). The bank 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. Such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Company, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not 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 herein, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 by the Loan Documents hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documentsherein, 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, the Borrower or any of its their respective Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be is necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Documentthis Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaultdefault, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein, 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 or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Bank issuing such Letter of Credit, 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 Administrative Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 The Administrative Agent 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 nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub‑agents. The Administrative Agent (a) may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower, subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, or (b) may be removed as Administrative Agent by the Required Lenders (excluding the Lender then acting as Administrative Agent) if the Administrative Agent may resign at any time (i) is found by notifying a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have committed gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrowercourse of performing its duties hereunder or (ii) has become a Defaulting Lender. Upon any such resignationresignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Borrower (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignationresignation or upon the removal, then then, in the case of resignation by the Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent may, or in the case of removal of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 benefit sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunderthereunder 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. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page Notwithstanding anything to this Agreement, the contrary contained herein or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or in any other Loan Document 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 toDocument, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 9.02) to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any guarantee or collateral obligations (i) in connection with any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 9.09 or 9.02, (ii) solely with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedingany Pledged Collateral obligations, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any the occurrence of the Collateral Asset Growth Achievement in accordance with Section 5.10(c), (iii) in connection with any Guarantor ceasing to be a Material Subsidiary or to enforce any Guarantee otherwise becoming an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents may or (iv) under the circumstances described in the immediately succeeding paragraph below. Upon the Payment in Full, the Guarantors and Pledgors shall be exercised solely automatically released from their obligations under the Loan Documents (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination), all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person. In the case of any disposition of any Pledged Collateral in a transaction permitted pursuant to Section 6.03(c), the Liens created by any of the Loan Documents on such property shall be automatically released without need for further action by any Person upon the consummation of such disposition. Upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent on behalf shall, at the Borrower’s expense, take all such action reasonably requested by the Borrower to evidence the release of such Pledged Collateral from the Secured Parties assignment and security interest granted under the Loan Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Section.

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Samples: Lease Agreement (Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named JPMCB (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf (including, without limitation, in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding), including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person 134 serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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 is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Loan Guaranty; it being understood that any realization upon the Collateral or enforcement on any Loan Guaranty against the Loan Parties pursuant hereto or pursuant to any Loan Document may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Debtor Relief Law), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties, 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 sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Hedging Obligation in its capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under this Agreement. Each Secured Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion, but is under no obligation to, credit bid any part of the Secured Obligations or to purchase or retain or acquire any portion of the Collateral. 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 that it believes to be genuine and to have been signed signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be have been made by the proper PersonPerson 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, and the Administrative Agent may act upon any presume that such statement condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent has received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to receipt the making of written confirmation thereofsuch 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 of 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrowerit. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its of their respective duties and exercise its their respective rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs this Article 8 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, 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. Subject The Secured Parties agree that the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to the appointment Secured Parties for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and acceptance of a successor nonappealable judgment that such Administrative Agent as provided acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in this paragraph, the selection of such sub-agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying giving ten days’ written notice to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks Lenders and the Borrower; provided that if no successor agent is appointed in accordance with the terms set forth below within such 10-day period, the Administrative Agent’s resignation shall not be effective until the earlier to occur of (x) the date of the appointment of the successor agent or (y) the date that is twenty (20) days after the last day of such 10-day period. If the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender under clause (a), (b) or (e) of the definition thereof, either the Required Lenders or the Borrower may, upon ten days’ notice, remove the Administrative Agent; provided that if no successor agent is appointed in accordance with the terms set forth below within such 10-day period, the Administrative Agent’s removal shall, at the option of the Borrower, not be effective until the earlier to occur of (x) the date of the appointment of the successor agent or (y) the date that is twenty (20) days after the last day of such 10-day period. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a commercial bank or trust company with an office offices in New York, New York, or an Affiliate the U.S. having combined capital and surplus in excess of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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$1,000,000,000, and which, for the retiring Administrative 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 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 avoidance 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 Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunderdoubt, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, a “U.S. person” and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, a “financial institution” within the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise meaning of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Treasury Regulations

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Samples: Term Loan Credit Agreement (Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.)

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The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement as its agent hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent 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 hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as the collateral agent hereunder and under the other Loan DocumentsDocuments and authorizes the Collateral Agent to have all the rights and benefits hereunder and thereunder (including Section 9 of the Guarantee and Security Agreement), and to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may (without having to account therefor to any other Lender) accept deposits from, 130 lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with any of the Borrower Obligors (or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof) as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from any of the Obligors or other Affiliate thereof for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without any duty having to account therefor for the same to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline other Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulationLenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to any Lender or Issuing Bank 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, expressly provided for herein or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the other Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein or therein, 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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one (1) or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the appointment extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and acceptance of a successor non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent as provided acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in this paragraph, the selection of such sub-agents. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying providing not less than thirty (30) days advance written notice to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower not to be unreasonably withheld (or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in consultation with the Borrower), to appoint one of the Lenders a successor, which is not a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or a Disqualified Lender. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless become effective at the end of such thirty (30) days period (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with or the Borrower, appoint one Issuing Banks under any of the Lenders Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent which is appointed) and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and (2) the Required Lenders shall perform the duties of any such bank. If the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting (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 pursuant to clause (ddirectly) of the definition thereof, until such time as the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successorsuccessor agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and 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 Administrative 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 Administrative Agent. Any resignation by SMBC as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank and a Swingline Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) 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, (b) the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit. Each Lender acknowledges agrees that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 Agreement and that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own analysis and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any Agreement and 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 Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant Documents to which it shall become is 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, party. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02(b) or be approved by or satisfactory tothe Security Documents, the Administrative Agent may, with the prior consent of the Required Lenders (but not otherwise), consent to any modification, supplement or waiver under any of the Lenders on Loan Documents, provided that, without the Closing Date. Except prior consent of each Lender and each Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent shall not (except as provided herein or in the Security Documents) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or otherwise terminate all or substantially all of the Liens under any Security Document 132 providing for collateral security, agree to additional obligations being secured by all or substantially all of such collateral security, or alter the relative priorities of the obligations entitled to the benefits of the Liens created under the Security Documents with respect to all or substantially all of the exercise Collateral, except that no such consent shall be required, and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, to (1) release (which such release shall be automatic and require no further action from any party) any Lien covering property that is the subject of setoff rights either a disposition of property (including, without limitation, any Lender property subject to a participation or repurchase transaction) not prohibited hereunder or a disposition to which the Required Lenders have consented, (2) release from any Guarantee and Security Agreement any “Subsidiary Guarantor” (and any property of such Subsidiary Guarantor) in accordance with Section 9.09 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 9.02(c) hereof and Section 10.03 of the Collateral Guarantee and Security Agreement and (3) spread Liens to any Designated Indebtedness or to enforce any Hedging Agreement Obligations (as such terms are defined in the 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 Security Agreement) in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing Guarantee and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Security Agreement.

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Samples: Secured Revolving Credit Agreement (KKR FS Income Trust)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named DBNY (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable lawlaws, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may affect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Wanda Sports Group Co LTD)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks), and neither the Company nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation right (with the Borrowerconsent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default under clauses (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. The fees payable by the any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank arranger of the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank arranger of the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement or any amendment thereof or any other Lender, or any of the Lender and their respective Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Company and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have 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, a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except same acknowledgments with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender relevant Lenders in accordance with Section 9.09 their respective capacities as Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes 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 in the preceding paragraph. 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 Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereofAdministrative Agent) authorized to act for, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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 paragraphother Lender. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability exclusive right on behalf of the Collateral, Lenders to enforce the existence, priority or perfection payment of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or any LC Disbursement shall then be interest has become due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective pursuant to the terms 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:this Agreement.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Hillenbrand, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms LEGAL02/41506940v2 Table of Contents (continued) Page of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. 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 bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or documentdocument (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf, or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page) or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), independent accountants and other LEGAL02/41506940v2 Table of Contents (continued) Page 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Company (provided that no such consent shall be required if an Event of Default under paragraphs (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII shall have occurred and be continuing), to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower 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 benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (ii) 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 in the ordinary course of business, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument (and each Lender agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing), (iii) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank the Joint Bookrunners or any other Lender 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder and (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank the Joint Bookrunners or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Company and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding LEGAL02/41506940v2 Table of Contents (continued) Page whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders or their Affiliates, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Joint Bookrunner, Co-Syndication Agent or joint lead arranger shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than, in the case of Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders or such Affiliates shall have or 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, a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except same acknowledgments with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender relevant Lenders and their Affiliates in accordance with Section 9.09 their respective capacities as Joint Bookrunners, Co-Syndication Agents or joint lead arrangers, as applicable, as it makes 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 in the preceding paragraph. 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 Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereofAdministrative Agent) authorized to act for, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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 paragraphother Lender. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability exclusive right on behalf of the Collateral, Lenders to enforce the existence, priority or perfection payment of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or any LC Disbursement shall then be interest has become due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective pursuant to the terms 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:this Agreement.

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Samples: Assignment and Assumption (Brown & Brown, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Citibank, N.A. is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or holder and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documentsand provisions hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as 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 Company of any Event of Default of which the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have 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 same rights and powers in its capacity Company pursuant to this Agreement as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not received by the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in . Notwithstanding any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor provision to the Lenderscontrary elsewhere in this Agreement, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations responsibilities, except those expressly set forth in herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Syndication Agent, Joint Lead Arrangers or Bookrunners listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and except in its duties hereunder shall be administrative in naturecapacity as a Lender. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective affiliates nor any of its respective affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors or attorneys-in-fact shall not be subject liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any fiduciary of them except for its or other implied dutieshis or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction), regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or in any other Loan Documents (document delivered in connection herewith or any other 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 contents 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed document delivered in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessaryconnection herewith, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take ascertain or to make any action that, in its opinion, could expose inquiry concerning the Administrative Agent to liability performance or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in observance by 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 Borrower or Company of any of its Subsidiaries the terms, conditions, covenants or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates agreements contained in any capacitythis Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or other instruments or agreements or for the failure of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender which makes any action taken Loan as the holder of the indebtedness resulting therefrom for all purposes hereof until it shall have received notice from such Lender, given as provided herein, of the transfer thereof. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or not taken refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as inaction pursuant thereto shall be necessary, or as binding on all the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentLenders. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not fully justified in failing or refusing to have knowledge of take any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document action under this Agreement or any other agreementLoan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, instrument if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it deems appropriate or document, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by them by reason of taking or (v) the satisfaction of continuing to take any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agentsuch action. The Administrative Agent shall shall, in the absence of knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur on any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, instrument or document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper PersonPerson or Persons. The Neither the Administrative Agent also may relynor any of its respective directors, and officers, employees or agents shall not incur have any liability for relying, upon responsibility to the Company on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any statement made Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to it orally any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt other Lender of written confirmation thereofany of its respective obligations hereunder or in connection herewith. The Administrative Agent may consult with execute any and all duties hereunder by or through its Affiliates, agents, attorneys-in-fact or employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by them (who may be including counsel for to the BorrowerCompany), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, them with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken suffered in good faith by it them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. 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. The Administrative Agent may perform shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Company referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent receive such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Administrative AgentRequired Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders); provided thatthat unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, other than the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders. Subject, in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate a resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 paragraphbelow, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignationresignation of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, right to appoint one of a successor Administrative Agent acceptable to the Lenders a successorCompany. 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 resignationresignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders and the Company (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a successor Administrative Agent) which shall be a bank 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. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successorsuccessor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documentshereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to Whether or not a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed, such resignation shall be become effective in accordance with such notice on the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successorResignation Effective Date. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 SECTION 8.5 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 Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent. Each Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Administrative Agent, on demand, in the amount of its Applicable Percentage of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Administrative Agent, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by the Company and (ii) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and any of its respective 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 which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such 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 the Company; provided that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Administrative Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents as determined by a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender or any of their respective affiliates or their or their respective affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, advisors or attorneys-in-fact 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 Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, Lender or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoingtheir respective affiliates or their or their respective affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, advisors or attorneys-in-fact 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 Agreement or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each LenderExcept for notices, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment reports and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 documents expressly required to be delivered to, or be approved furnished to the Lenders by or satisfactory tothe Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect responsibility to the exercise of setoff rights of provide any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 any credit or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedingother information concerning the business, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of the Collateral Company or to enforce any Guarantee affiliate of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed Company that all powers, rights and remedies under may come into the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by possession of the Administrative Agent on behalf or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys in fact or affiliates. Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the Secured Parties in accordance with date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the terms thereof. In furtherance date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under or for 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability benefit of the CollateralCompany, the existence, priority or perfection that at least one of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent following is and will be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 otherwisetrue:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Bristol Myers Squibb Co)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMorgan is hereby appointed to act as the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or Issuing Lender and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of and provisions hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the other parties hereto, without hereby limiting any implied authority: (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and, except with respect to amounts expressly payable hereunder to an Issuing Lender, the Issuing Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, payments in respect of the Letters of Credit and all other amounts due to the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders hereunder, and promptly distribute to each Lender or Issuing Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders to the Borrower of any Event of Default of which the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same Loan Document as though it were not received by the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be 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 has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or Related Parties in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in ). Neither the absence Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by any of them except for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including concerning the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article VII or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be such 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) or the occurrence of any Default. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Borrower, any Lender or a any Issuing Lender, and the . 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 Lenders or the occurrence of any DefaultIssuing Lenders for the due execution, (iv) the genuineness, sufficiency, validity, enforceabilityenforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement, effectiveness or genuineness of any other Loan Document or any other agreementinstruments or agreements. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender or Issuing Lender that makes any Loan or issues or participates in any Letter of Credit as the holder of the obligations resulting therefrom for all purposes hereof until the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender or Issuing Lender, instrument or documentgiven as provided herein, of the transfer thereof. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or (v) refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the satisfaction Required Lenders and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender or Issuing Lender of any condition set forth of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender or Issuing Lender on account of the failure of or delay in Article IV performance or elsewhere breach by any other Lender or Issuing Lender or the Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or in connection herewith. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have no knowledge of any Lender being a Restricted Lender unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received the written notice from such Lender referred to in Section 1.06, and then only as and to the extent specified in such notice, and any determination of whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders shall have provided a consent or direction in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentDocument shall not be affected by any delivery to the Administrative Agent of any such written notice subsequent to such consent or direction being provided by the Required Lenders or other requisite Lenders. The Administrative Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through its branches, other than Affiliates, agents or employees. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may, by notice to confirm receipt the Borrower, designate any of items expressly required its branches or Affiliates as the Person to receive any or all notices (including Borrowing Requests and Interest Election Requests) to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent pursuant to this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and reasonably believed by it to be made by the proper PersonPerson (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being maker thereof), 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, extension or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Lender sufficiently in advance to the making of such Loan or the issuance, extension or amendment of such Letter of Credit. 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 paragraphbelow, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignationresignation of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent acceptable to the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders ; provided that in no event shall any successor Administrative Agent be a successorDefaulting Lender. 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 (or any Affiliate of such bank) with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successorsuccessor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, 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 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 XI and Section 9.03 Sections 5.10, 5.12 and 12.05, 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 and its benefit Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each With respect to the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued or participated in by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender acknowledges that or Issuing Lender and may exercise the same as though it has, independently and without reliance upon were not the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of Borrower or any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 Subsidiary 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, other Affiliate thereof as if it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by were not the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing hereunder and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed without any duty 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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 account therefor to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for Lenders 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the CollateralIssuing Lenders. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party the Borrower under any Federal, State 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 any 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:

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Samples: Five Year Revolving Credit Agreement (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in to act as the heading of this Agreement Administrative Agent hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent 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 hereof and of the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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 is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documentsherein, 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 of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final and non-appealable judgmentfinal, nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent was grossly negligent or acted with willful misconduct in taking or not taking any such action. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Defaultherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein, 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 PersonPerson (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 may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper PersonPerson (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 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 act upon any presume that such statement condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to receipt the making of written confirmation thereofsuch 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein Facility as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent 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 the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. 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 Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, right to appoint one a successor approved by the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided that no approval of the Lenders a successorBorrower shall be necessary if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as 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 in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Lender. If the Person serving as the Administrative Agent is becomes 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 the Borrower and such Person, remove such Person as Administrative Agent (the effectiveness thereof being subject to the following sentence) and appoint a successor in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after delivery of such notice (or such earlier day as shall be agreed to by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such removal, (a) the removed 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 removed Administrative Agent, remove provided that (i) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such and, in consultation with Person and (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Borrower, appoint a successorAdministrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documentshereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it 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 Issuing Bank Agent 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 the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, 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 Document, 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 Acceptance Assumption or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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 Execution Date that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely has been made available by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders. Each Arranger and each institution identified as a “Syndication Agent”, “Documentation Agent” or “Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner” on behalf of the Secured Parties cover page to this Agreement shall have no obligations or duties whatsoever in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap such capacity under this Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (any other Loan Document and shall incur no liability hereunder 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 thereunder in such proceeding or otherwise:capacity.

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Marathon Petroleum Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Xxxxxxxxx (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Documents and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable lawlaws, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a the final and non-appealable judgmentjudgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of the existence of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of the existence of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriatehowever, 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 Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereundermay take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt ofabsent such action, and consented to and approvedbar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Xxxxxx, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Documents; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may hereunder shall be exercised solely by and exclusively by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents shall be exercised solely and exclusively by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with (i) the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under this Agreement or (ii) any waiver, consent, modification or any amendment with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Hillman Solutions Corp.)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Citibank N.A. is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as 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 Borrower of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and powers in its capacity as a Lender(c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any financial statements and other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with materials delivered by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Affiliates Loan Documents as if it were not received by the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in natureAgent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) 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 Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower in a transaction not be subject to any fiduciary prohibited by this Agreement or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (and it as required by Section 5.09(c). 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 is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that . Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties). With respect to the Loans made by it under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents 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 in the Loan Documents, and its duties under the Loan Documents shall be administrative in nature. 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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, expressly provided for herein or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the other Loan Documents), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative such Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 Agent by the Borrower or a LenderBorrower, 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and in good faith 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 act upon any presume that such statement condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to receipt the making of written confirmation thereofsuch 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 of 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 such Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 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. In taking any discretionary action hereunder, or in determining whether any provision hereof is applicable to any event, transaction or circumstance, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, but shall not be required (unless required by any other express provision hereof) to, communicate such proposed action or determination to the Lenders prior to taking or making the same, and shall be entitled (subject to any otherwise applicable requirement of Section 10.02(b)), in the absence of any contrary communication received from any Lender within a reasonable period of time specified in such communication from the Administrative Agent, to assume that such proposed action or determination is satisfactory to such Lender. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent (the “Successor Agent”) as provided in this paragraph, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may dismiss 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, in consultation “Existing Dismissed Agent”) (x) with the BorrowerAdministrative Agent’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no delayed or conditioned) or (y) if 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative Agent is constitutes a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (de) of the definition thereof, by notifying the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted Lenders. After such notice of dismissal is sent by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be have 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:appoint the

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Molson Coors Brewing Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as 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 of the Loan Documentshereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as provisions of this Article are solely for the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and such Person the Issuing Banks, and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent Loan Parties shall not have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any duties or obligations of such provisions, except those expressly as set forth in the Loan Documentssixth, eighth and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in natureninth paragraphs below. 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 (and it 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 is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that . Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties). The bank 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. Such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Company, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not 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 herein, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 by the Loan Documents hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documentsherein, 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, the Borrower or any of its their respective Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be is necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Documentthis Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaultdefault, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein, 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 or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Bank issuing such Letter of Credit, 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 Administrative Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 The Administrative Agent 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 nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. The Administrative Agent (a) may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower, subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, or (b) may be removed as Administrative Agent by the Required Lenders (excluding the Lender then acting as Administrative Agent) if the Administrative Agent may resign at any time (i) is found by notifying a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have committed gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrowercourse of performing its duties hereunder or (ii) has become a Defaulting Lender. Upon any such resignationresignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Borrower (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint one of the Lenders a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignationresignation or upon the removal, then then, in the case of resignation by the Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent may, or in the case of removal of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 benefit sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunderthereunder 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. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page Notwithstanding anything to this Agreement, the contrary contained herein or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or in any other Loan Document 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 toDocument, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 9.02) to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any guarantee obligations (i) in connection with any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 9.09 9.02 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim (ii) under the circumstances described in an insolvency proceedingthe immediately succeeding paragraph below. Upon the Payment in Full, no Secured Party the Guarantors 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 be automatically released from their obligations under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination), all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person. Upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent on behalf of shall, at the Secured Parties Borrower’s expense, take all such action reasonably requested by the Borrower to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Section.

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Samples: Credit and Term Loan Agreement (Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders Lenders, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are holders of Obligations, and the Issuing Banks Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the Issuing Bank), and neither the Company nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 Bank and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, right to appoint one a successor, which successor shall be consented to by the Company at all times other than during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default (which consent of the Lenders a successorCompany shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment appointment, and/or the consent of the Company (if required pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence) has not been granted, within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation the Issuing Bank, with the Borrowerconsent of the Company at all times other than during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default (which consent of the Company shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. The fees payable by the any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Company and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have 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, a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except same acknowledgments with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender relevant Lenders in accordance with Section 9.09 or their respective capacities as Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes 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 in the preceding paragraph. 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 Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereofAdministrative Agent) authorized to act for, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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 paragraphother Lender. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability exclusive right on behalf of the Collateral, Lenders to enforce the existence, priority or perfection payment of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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 and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or any LC Disbursement shall then be interest has become due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective pursuant to the terms 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:this Agreement.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Analogic Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents (and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A hereby accepts such appointment) and irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) 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) duties, responsibilities, or other 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, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline 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 such Person in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessaryexpressly provided for herein, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with wilful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Borrower, 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 Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other 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 be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrower or any Lender as a result of, any determination of the Revolving Exposure or the 364-Day Exposure or the component amounts thereof. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 or otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. 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 Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, 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 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 the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or wilful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Subject to the appointment and acceptance terms of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying upon 30 days’ written notice of its intent to resign from its capacity as such to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Subject to the terms of this paragraph, if the Person serving as the Administrative Agent becomes a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d)(i) of the definition of “Defaulting Lender”, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, remove such Person as the Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Borrower and such Person. Upon receipt of any such resignationnotice of resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation subject (unless an Event of Default under clauses (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII with respect to the BorrowerBorrower shall have occurred and be continuing) to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), to appoint one of the Lenders 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 resignationintent to resign (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent maymay (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, the United States of America or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Whether or not a successor Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the definition thereof, Resignation Effective Date. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders mayand shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the Required Lenders give notice of removal (the “Removal Effective Date”) as provided in the third preceding sentence, to then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successorRemoval Effective Date. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent), and the retiring or removed Administrative 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 Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between by the Borrower and such successor. After 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 or the Required Lenders give notice of removal, as the case may be, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower or the Required Lenders may give notice of removal to the other Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower, as the case may be, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal stated in such notice, (a) the retiring or removed 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 or removed Administrative Agent; provided that (i) all payments (except for indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent) 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 hereunderor removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 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 Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative AgentAgent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:this

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Crown Castle International Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of In order to expedite the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the entity Person named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably 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 of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as 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 Company of any Event of Default of which the Administrative Agent hereunder 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. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersAgent. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 Agent by the Borrower or a LenderCompany, 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 facility provided for herein as well as activities as the 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 Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the BorrowerCompany, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successorhereunder. 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 benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it 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 Issuing Bank 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, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, hereby acknowledges that 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 institution named on the Closing Date. Except with respect to cover page of this Agreement as Syndication Agent has no duties or responsibilities hereunder other than, in the exercise case of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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 Syndication Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights Lender, in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents its capacity as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Lender.

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Samples: Term Credit Agreement (Waters Corp /De/)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of 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 and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s behalf. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage 138 in any kind of business with Xxxxxx USA, the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries other Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Xxxxxx USA, the Borrower Company, any other Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with wilful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by Xxxxxx USA, the Borrower Company, any other Borrower, 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificatecertificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate), report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, including with respect to the existence and aggregate amount of Banking Services Obligations or Secured Hedging Agreement Obligations, (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 139 being determined by, the Administrative Agent, (iv) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (ivv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in 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 be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrowers, any Lender or any Issuing Bank as a result of, any such determination of the Revolving Exposure, Availability, the Borrowing Base or the component amounts of any thereof. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. 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 Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerLoan Parties), 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 Each Lender and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document Issuing Bank hereby agrees that (a) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by on behalf of the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, (b) the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment (i) makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, completeness or an Affiliate accuracy of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, Report or any of the Related information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to any Report and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, and any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties of any and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as on representations of the foregoingLoan Parties’ personnel, 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 Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, that the Administrative Agent undertakes no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Reports; 140

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Samples: Borrowing Subsidiary Joinder Agreement (Murphy USA Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Credit Suisse (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Documents and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the 164 Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable lawlaws, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a the final and non-appealable judgmentjudgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of the existence of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Parent Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of the existence of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriatehowever, 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 Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereundermay take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt ofabsent such action, and consented to and approvedbar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Xxxxxx, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, Holdings, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree 165 that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Documents; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may hereunder shall be exercised solely and exclusively by, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents shall be exercised solely and exclusively by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on behalf any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties in accordance with Parties, shall be entitled, for the terms thereof. In furtherance purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the foregoing purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or Secured Cash Management Agreement any Lender may be the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (purchaser or be deemed to create) in favor licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with (i) the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under this Agreement or (ii) any waiver, consent, modification or any amendment with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: First Amendment Agreement (Ecovyst Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower 119 Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan DocumentsDocuments with respect to the Administrative Agent, and its the Administrative Agent’s duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Company, any Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Company, any Lender or a Lenderany 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, including with respect to the existence and the aggregate amount of any Designated Cash Management Obligations or Designated Hedge Obligations at any time, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in 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 neither warrants nor accepts responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate therefor (except such as shall result from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment). 120 The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of any 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, as applicable, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, prior to the making of such Loan or such event as to such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), independent accountants and other experts selected by itit with reasonable care, 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 For all purposes of this Agreement 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Factset Research Systems Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named JPM (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that (including in connection with any transaction contemplated by Section 2.21, 2.22 or 9.02(c) or any incurrence of any Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(q), 6.01(w) or 6.01(x), including as to the calculation of Effective Yield and determination of the terms and conditions of, and the execution and delivery of, any Intercreditor Agreement) and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Lead Lender or Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02); provided, provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Lead Lender or the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by any Lender or any other Secured Party as a final result of, any determination of the Effective Yield or the terms and non-appealable judgmentconditions of any the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or Intercreditor Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and satisfactory to have been signed the Administrative Agent, or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely(vii) any property, and shall not incur book or record of any liability for relying, upon Loan Party or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower)Each Lender agrees that, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code 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 Agreementsimilar Disposition of Collateral. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding 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 Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereundermay take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt ofabsent such action, and consented to and approvedbar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Xxxxxx, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (a) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ObligationsLoan Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of hereof, and all powers, rights and remedies under the foregoing other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to createb) in favor the event 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed foreclosure by the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into on any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the CollateralCollateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), the existence, priority or perfection of (i) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties Parties, shall be entitled, for any failure to monitor the purpose of bidding and making settlement or maintain payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral. In case Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the pendency Secured Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for 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, Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (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 ii) the Administrative Agent shall have made or any demand Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition.Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, on behalf of all Secured Parties to take any of the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwisefollowing actions upon the instruction of the Required Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Cano Health, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. 121 Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of 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 and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s behalf. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) 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. 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, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with wilful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by Holdings, the Borrower Borrower, 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, 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, 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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:122

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Allegion PLC)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders Lenders, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, and the Issuing Banks Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the each other Loan Documents Document, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and on behalf of the Secured Parties and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and the terms of the other 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, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, and the Issuing Bank 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 or Issuing Bank’s behalf. The Person provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank), and neither the Company nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vi) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral. 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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent 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 sub-agent subagent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agentsubagent, 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 Bank and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerapproval of the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint one a successor; provided that no consent of the Lenders a successorCompany shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Bank, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. The fees payable by the any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank arranger of these credit facilities or any amendment hereto 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank arranger of these credit facilities or any amendment hereto or any other Lender, or any of the Lender and their respective-Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Company and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have acknowledged receipt a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph. 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 consented interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory tothe terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent or is a “representative” of the Lenders on Secured Parties within the Closing Datemeaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Except with respect Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the exercise of setoff rights of any Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, agrees that no Secured Party Parties (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have any the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ObligationsDocument, it being understood and agreed that all powers, such rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or Administrative Agent on behalf of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan DocumentSecured Parties. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to serve release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as administrative agent and collateral agent under described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Documents and agreed Document; or (ii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be bound approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunderAdministrative Agent at any time, subject the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the limitations set forth terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in this paragraph. The writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Company to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to) execute such documents as may be necessary or reasonably requested by the Company to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty required to ascertain or inquire into execute any representation or warranty regarding the existencesuch document on terms which, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of in the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereonopinion, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall would expose the Administrative Agent be responsible to liability or liable to create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Parties for Obligations or any failure Liens upon (or obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Company or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to monitor or maintain any portion 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 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 Company or any other Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Tennant Co)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMorgan is hereby appointed to act as the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of and provisions hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the other parties hereto, 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 promptly 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 Borrower of any Event of Default of which the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have 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 same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same Loan Document as though it were not received by the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or Related Parties in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in ). Neither the absence Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by any of them except for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including concerning the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be such 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) or the occurrence of any Default. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a any Lender, and the . The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to the Lenders for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statementthe due execution, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Documentgenuineness, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, enforceability or effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, 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, 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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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 other instruments or agreements. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender that makes any Loan as the holder of the obligations resulting therefrom for all purposes hereof until the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender, given as provided herein, of the transfer thereof. 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 and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the 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 Lender or the Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or in connection herewith. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have no knowledge of any Lender being a Restricted Lender unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received the written notice from such Lender referred to in Section 1.06, and then only as and to the extent specified in such notice, and any determination of whether the Required Lenders or any document furnished hereunder other requisite Lenders shall have provided a consent or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to direction in connection with this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement or any other Loan Document pursuant shall not be affected by any delivery 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 such written notice subsequent to such consent 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 direction being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely provided by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement Required Lenders or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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 paragraphother requisite Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for may execute any and all duties hereunder by or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existencethrough its branches, value or collectability of the CollateralAffiliates, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:agents or

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Samples: 364 Day Revolving Credit Agreement (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of In order to expedite the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the entity Person named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as Administrative Agent is 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 hereunder 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 received by the Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with any of the Borrower Borrowers or any of its their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersAgent. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any of the Borrower Borrowers or any of its their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 Agent by a Borrower (in which case the Borrower or a Administrative Agent shall give written notice to each other 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the 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. The Administrative Agent may perform any 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 the 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 Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Company, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successorhereunder. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Administrative Agent, 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 Administrative 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 Company or any other Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative 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 Administrative 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 the Administrative 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 the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 None of the Lenders identified on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise facing page or signature pages of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 this Agreement or with respect to elsewhere herein as a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party "syndication agent" or "documentation agent" shall have any right individually right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve Lenders 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:such.

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Samples: Year Credit Agreement (Automatic Data Processing Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks each of the LC Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Bank of America, N.A. as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as 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 of the Loan Documentshereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person provisions of this Article VII are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower 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” herein or in any other loan documents (or any other 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 contracting parties. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender (if acting in the capacity of a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender ) as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documentsherein, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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)continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any no duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 8.02), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to this Agreement or any Loan Document other loan document or applicable law, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documentsherein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its the Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent 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); (ii) at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 8.02); or (iii) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Documentthis Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Defaultherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documentherein (except insofar as a determination by the Administrative Agent is required for such satisfaction), 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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, 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 act upon any presume that such statement condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to receipt the making of written confirmation thereofsuch 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 the Administrative Agent. Subject The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the appointment extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and acceptance of a successor non appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent as provided acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in this paragraph, the selection of such sub-agents. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks LC Issuers and the BorrowerBorrower in writing. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the BorrowerBorrower (if no Event of Default exists), to appoint one of the Lenders a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. 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 resignationresignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent maymay (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall be a bank become effective in accordance with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such banknotice on the Resignation Effective Date. If the Person serving as Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, such Person remove the such Person as Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, 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 (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date. With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (i) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other loan documents and (ii) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, 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, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or removed) Administrative AgentAgent (other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents(if not already discharged therefrom as provided above). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall replace and 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 8.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Any resignation by Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Article VI shall also constitute its resignation as an LC Issuer and a Swingline Lender. If Bank of America, N.A. resigns as an LC Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an LC Issuer hereunder with respect to all Facility LCs outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an LC Issuer and all LC Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Loans or fund risk participations pursuant to Section 2.22(e). If Bank of America, N.A. resigns as a Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of a Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(c). Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor LC Issuer or Swingline Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring LC Issuer or Swingline Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring LC Issuer and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other loan documents, and (c) the successor LC Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Facility LCs issued by the retiring LC Issuer, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America, N.A. to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America, N.A. with respect to such Facility LCs. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page party to this Agreement, Agreement acknowledges that neither the Syndication Agent nor any of the Co-Documentation Agents or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party Co-Agents shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral separate duties, responsibilities, obligations or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies authority under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap this Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:capacity.

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Samples: Five Year Revolving Credit Facility Agreement (Sara Lee Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named JPM (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders, Required Revolving Lenders, Required Term A Lenders or Required Pro Rata Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Top Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders, Required Revolving Lenders, Required Term A Lenders and/or Required Pro Rata Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Top Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any 149 Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponor (vii) any property, and shall not incur book or record of any liability for relying upon, Loan Party or 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, 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, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower)Each Lender agrees that, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable Requirements of Law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code 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 Agreementsimilar Disposition of Collateral. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof, and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: First Lien Credit Agreement (Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Credit Suisse (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 or the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Parties 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 is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent shall not be entitled responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to rely uponascertain, and inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions by any other Lender. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not incur (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any other Lender or participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution or (y) have any liability for relying uponwith respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any noticeDisqualified Institution by any other Lender. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable Requirements of Law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriatesimilar Disposition of Collateral, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreementwhether under other Debtor 125 Relief Laws or otherwise. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Daseke, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Barclays (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Documents and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable lawlaws, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a the final and non-appealable judgmentjudgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of the existence of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Lead Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of the existence of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC or PPSA sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, Holdings, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan GuarantyDocuments; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may hereunder mayshall be exercised solely by and exclusively by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents mayshall be exercised solely and exclusively by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. ​ ​ No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Secured Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with (i) the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under this Agreement or (ii) any waiver, consent, modification or any amendment with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Assignment and Assumption Agreement (Hillman Solutions Corp.)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMCB hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as Administrative Agent is 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 Default or Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent hereunder 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 received by the Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with any of the Borrower Borrowers or any of its their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersAgent. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not or be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any of the Borrower Borrowers or any of its their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 it by a Borrower (in which case the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a shall give written notice to each other 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or the occurrence of any Defaulttherein, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the 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. The Administrative Agent may perform any 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowerconsent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint one a successor. In addition, if the Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent, to remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Lenders Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If (a) no such successor to a retiring Administrative Agent 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 in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the , or (b) no successor to a removed Administrative Agent is shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days following the issuance of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) notice of removal, the definition thereof, removal shall become effective on such 30th day and on such date the Required Lenders may, shall succeed as Administrative Agent to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and the such removed Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, as the retiring Administrative Agent case may be, shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and 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 successorhereunder. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent. its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Administrative Agent, 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 Administrative 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 Company or any other Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative 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 Administrative 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 the Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent, 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 Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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 None of the Lenders identified on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise facing page or signature pages of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 this Agreement or with respect to elsewhere herein as a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding“lead arranger”, no Secured Party “bookrunner” or “syndication agent” shall have any right individually right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve Lenders 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:such.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (CDK Global Holdings, LLC)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Barclays (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Documents and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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, and ; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable lawlaws 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, rule modification or regulationtermination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party 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, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a the final and non-appealable judgmentjudgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of the existence of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Lead Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of the existence of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC or PPSA sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of such appointment to the BorrowerCollateral. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by by, the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance -204- with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Secured Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Hillman Companies Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan DocumentsDocuments with respect to the Administrative Agent, and its the Administrative Agent’s duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Company, any Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Company, any Lender or a Lenderany 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in 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 uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any 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, as applicable, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, prior to the making of such Loan or such event as to such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), independent accountants and other experts selected by itit with reasonable care, 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties, including, in the case of JPMorgan, through its London branch or through X.X. Xxxxxx Europe Limited. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs 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 the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any of its sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Subject to the appointment and acceptance terms of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying 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 BorrowerCompany. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with subject to the Borrowerconsent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to appoint one of the Lenders 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 resignationintent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Person serving as the Administrative 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 the Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent, such Person remove such Person as the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with subject to the Borrowerconsent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) appoint a successor. 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 or removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between by the Borrower Company and such successor. After 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 Company, 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 retiring Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the retiring 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 retiring 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 hereunderor removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03, 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 Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as the Administrative Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank the Arrangers or any other LenderLender 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 Acceptance Assumption or any other Loan Document document 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 Effective Date or the Term Funding Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to the Company or any Loan Party Borrowing Subsidiary under any Federal, State United States (Federal or state) or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership receivership, winding-up 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 BorrowerCompany or any Borrowing Subsidiary) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Trimble Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of 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, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Holders of Secured Obligations, and the Issuing Banks hereby grant 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 or Issuing Bank’s behalf. The Person provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral, or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in with the case of any such sub-agent understanding that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent’s duties with respect to all Loans and Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars will be administered by JPMorgan Chase Bank, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of N.A. (Toronto Branch) or such appointment other affiliate thereof as may be designated by time to the Borrowertime. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, York or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 benefit sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willshall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or a Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have acknowledged receipt ofa fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent, and consented as applicable, as it makes with respect 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 in the Lenders on the Closing Datepreceding paragraph. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender Lender, in accordance with Section 9.09 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against the Borrower or with respect to a any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party . 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 Holders of Secured Obligations within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Holder of Secured Obligations (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ObligationsDocument, it being understood and agreed that all powers, such rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Holders of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing Obligations any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with Lien granted to or held by the management or release of Administrative Agent upon any Collateral or (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the obligations applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting , or consented to in writing by the benefits Required Lenders or all of the CollateralLenders, each Secured Party that is a party as applicable, and upon at least two Business Days’ prior reasonably detailed written request by the Borrower to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent shall (and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Loan Documents Lenders to) execute such documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty required to ascertain or inquire into execute any representation or warranty regarding the existencesuch document on terms which, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of in the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereonopinion, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall would expose the Administrative Agent be responsible to liability or liable to create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Parties for Obligations or any failure 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 monitor or maintain any portion 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 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 or any other Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Myr Group Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named MSSF as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement its agent hereunder and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as third party beneficiaries of any of such provisions. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries a Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, necessary or as believed by the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates Loan Party that is communicated to or obtained by the Person any bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or as believed by the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness effectiveness, genuineness or genuineness accuracy of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any representation, 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 or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, 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 Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable incur any liability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:relying

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Tyson Foods Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of 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 and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s behalf. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) 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. 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 Administrative Agent shall also act as the collateral agent under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and Issuing Bank for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as collateral agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article VIII and Article IX as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent or the Arrangers, as applicable: (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 (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 Administrative 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), continuing; (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Laws or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Laws; and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, to any Lender or any Issuing Bank any credit or other information relating to concerning the Borrower business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to, or in possession of, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates their Related Parties in any capacity, except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower Borrower, 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 Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other 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 be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrower or any Lender as a result of, any determination of the Revolving Exposure or the component amounts thereof or of the Weighted Average Yield in the absence of its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment). 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. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 may 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 PersonPerson (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. 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 Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, 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 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 nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Subject to the appointment and acceptance terms of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying 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 Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with subject to the Borrowerconsent of the Borrower (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed), to appoint one a successor; provided that no such consent of the Lenders a successorBorrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:appointment

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Samples: Credit Agreement (YETI Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. (a) Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks Class A Purchaser hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the entity named MGT as its agent to act as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement as specified herein, and its successors to serve each Class A Purchaser hereby irrevocably authorizes MGT as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent Agent, to take such actions action on behalf of such Class A Purchaser under the provisions of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Supplement and the other documents executed in connection therewith (collectively, the "Related Documents") and to give such consents, approvals or directions and to exercise such other powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent and Class A Certificateholder by the terms of this Agreement and the Loan other Related Documents, together with such actions and other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have agrees to act as such upon the same rights and powers express conditions contained in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or a Swingline Lender as any other LenderRelated Document, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations responsibilities (except those expressly set forth herein or in the Loan other Related Documents) or any fiduciary relationship with any Class A Purchaser, and its duties hereunder no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be administrative in natureread into this Agreement or any other Related Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting The provisions of this Section 7.21 are solely for the generality benefit of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent and the Class A Purchasers, and none of Funding, Pier 1, the Transferor, the Servicer, any Certificateholder, the Trust or the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates shall not be subject to have any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless rights as a third party beneficiary of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use any of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documentsthis Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall act solely as agent of the Class A Purchasers and does not have any duty to disclose, assume and shall not be liable for deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with Funding, Pier 1, the failure to discloseTransferor, the Servicer, any information relating to Certificateholder, the Borrower Trust or the Trustee or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise 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 (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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, 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, 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 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Affiliates.

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Samples: Certificate Purchase Agreement (Pier 1 Imports Inc/De)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Barclays Bank PLC (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative AgentAgent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, and unless otherwise expressly indicated, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Loan Parties or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries a Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (and it is understood and agreed that without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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 lawlaw and instead, and that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative AgentAgent or (vii) the properties, books or records of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof. The If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponand the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, 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, 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, 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 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 except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at foreclosure sales, other than in the case of UCC sales, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative AgentBankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such action, bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, including the filing of proofs of claim in a case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, Secured Party agrees that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ObligationsLoan Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such Disposition, to use and apply any of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligations or Banking Services Obligations shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party Guarantor under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to Secured Hedging Obligations and/or by entering into documentation in connection with Banking Services Obligations, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the on behalf of all Secured Parties for to take any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Assignment and Assumption (Interline Brands, Inc./De)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Barclays (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as its agent and as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents Agent, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution, delivery and administration of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the U.S., 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. Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” and “Lenders”, shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Loan Parties or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries a Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate), and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (and it is understood and agreed that and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other 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 lawlaw and instead, and that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02); provided that for so long as GSO, FS and/or the Loan Documents)GSO Debt Related Affiliates constitute the Required Lenders, provided without the prior consent of GSO, the Administrative Agent shall not take any action under this Agreement that is expressly contemplated by the terms of this Agreement as requiring the consent, determination, approval or satisfaction of the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationlaws, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for so long as GSO, FS and/or the GSO Debt Related Affiliates constitute the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Lender copies of any notices, statements, certificates, reports and other documents delivered under the Loan Documents to each Lender. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder 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 any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur or (vii) the properties, books or records of any liability for relying upon, Loan Party or 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, 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, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower)Each Lender agrees that, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at foreclosure sales, other than in the case of UCC sales, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative AgentBankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such action, bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, including the filing of proofs of claim in a case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, Secured Party agrees that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ObligationsLoan Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance of hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the foregoing other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to createii) in favor the event 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed foreclosure by the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into on any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the CollateralCollateral pursuant to a public or private Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), the existence, priority or perfection of (A) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties Parties, shall be entitled, for any failure to monitor the purpose of bidding and making settlement or maintain payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral. In case Collateral sold at any such Disposition, to use and apply any of the pendency Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for 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, Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (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 B) the Administrative Agent shall have made or any demand Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such Disposition. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, on behalf of all Secured Parties, to take any of the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwisefollowing actions upon the instruction of the Required Lenders:

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (PSAV, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks Bank, each on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that is a Secured Party, hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and as its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documentshereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the U.S., each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank 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 or Issuing Bank’s behalf. Except for the final paragraph of this Article VIII, the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Credit Parties, 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 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. Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendershereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (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 Administrative 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)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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), 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, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Borrower any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjurisdiction. The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder under any Loan Document 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 occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or documentdocument (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), (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 in any Loan Documentherein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Lender or any Issuing Bank as a result of, any determination of the Revolving Credit Exposure, any of the component amounts thereof or any portion thereof attributable to each Lender or Issuing Bank, or any Exchange Rate or Dollar Amount. 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, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon shall not incur any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereofliability 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 Bank and the BorrowerBorrower thirty (30) days in advance. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one a successor which shall be a commercial bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank, which successor, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, shall be subject to approval by the Lenders a successorBorrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and approved by the Borrower (to the extent required) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Bank, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a commercial bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (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 Borrower, 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 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 the Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunderfrom its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article Article, Section 2.17(d) and Section 9.03 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 benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative AgentAgent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above. Each Lender and Issuing Bank 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 and each Issuing Bank further represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and in providing other facilities set forth therein as may be applicable to such Lender or Issuing Bank, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument (and each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing), (iii) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank arranger of this credit facility or any amendment thereto or any other Lender or Issuing Bank 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 AgreementAgreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder and (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities. Each Lender also acknowledges that it willand each Issuing Bank shall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank arranger of this credit facility or any amendment thereto or any other Lender, Lender or any of the Issuing Bank and their respective Related Parties of any of the foregoing, 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, Agreement or any other Loan Document or Documents, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page thereunder and in deciding whether or to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant the extent to which it shall become will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, 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, no Lead Arranger or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders syndication agent listed on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party cover page hereof shall have any right individually to realize upon powers, duties or responsibilities under this Credit Agreement or any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligationsother Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that all powersexcept in its capacity, 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereofas applicable, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, a Lender or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:Issuing Bank hereunder.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Virtusa Corp)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMorgan is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as 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 of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any other similar term) herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other 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, 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 shall not have any no duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall believe to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent it to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any no duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates Subsidiary that is communicated to or obtained by the 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 such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall believe to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative Agent shall not 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithherewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any DefaultDocument, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be such 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 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 PersonPerson (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. 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 sufficiently in advance 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrowerit. 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 and the preceding paragraphs provisions of Section 9.03 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 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 nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. 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 Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, right (in consultation with, and (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) with the consent of, the Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent maymay (in consultation with, and (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) with the consent of the Borrower, which shall not unreasonably withhold such consent and which shall, if the retiring Administrative Agent shall so request, designate and approve a successor Administrative Agent) on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. 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 an Administrative 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 Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative 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, any Issuing Bank 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, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. 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:and

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Samples: 364 Day Credit Agreement (Kellogg Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, Lender or an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Lender or Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiary or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Lenders or the Issuing Banks or Swingline LendersBanks. The Neither the Administrative Agent nor either Sustainability Coordinator shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan DocumentsDocuments with respect to the Administrative Agent or the Sustainability Coordinators, as applicable, and its the Administrative Agent’s and the Sustainability Coordinators’ respective duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither the Administrative Agent nor either Sustainability Coordinator shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (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 Administrative 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 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances 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, rule including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or regulationother similar law now or hereinafter in effect; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal, state, local or foreign law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereinafter in effect; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Company, any Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable nonappealable judgment). The Administrative 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 Agent by the Borrower or a Company, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Sustainability Coordinator, and neither the Administrative Agent nor either Sustainability Coordinator 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in 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 Each of the Administrative Agent and each Sustainability Coordinator shall be entitled to rely uponrely, and shall not incur any liability for relying uponrelying, 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 signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper PersonPerson (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 Each of the Administrative Agent and each Sustainability Coordinator also may 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 PersonPerson (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. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any 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, as applicable, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, prior to the making of such Loan or such event as to such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent and each Sustainability Coordinator may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), independent accountants and other experts selected by itit with reasonable care, 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; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all its their duties and exercise its their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs 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 facility provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any of its sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Subject to the appointment and acceptance terms of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying 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 Banks, the Sustainability Coordinators and the BorrowerCompany. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with subject to the Borrowerconsent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to appoint one of the Lenders 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 resignationintent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerIssuing Banks, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Person serving as the Administrative 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 the Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent, such Person remove such Person as the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with subject to the Borrowerconsent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) appoint a successor. 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 or removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between by the Borrower Company and such successor. After 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, the Sustainability Coordinators and the Company, 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 retiring Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the retiring 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 retiring Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Sustainability Coordinator. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunderor removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03, 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 Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as the Administrative Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges that none of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, nor any Sustainability Coordinator has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any Sustainability Coordinator hereafter taken, including any consent to, and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of the Company or any Borrowing Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent, either Sustainability Coordinator or any Arranger to any Lender or Issuing Bank as to any matter, including whether the Administrative Agent, either Sustainability Coordinators or any Arranger has disclosed material information in their (or their Related Parties’) possession. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, any Issuing Bank Sustainability Coordinator 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 of, appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Company and any Borrowing Subsidiary, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this AgreementAgreement and to extend credit to the Company or such Borrowing Subsidiary hereunder. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank the Arrangers, the Sustainability Coordinators or any other LenderLender 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 credit analysis, appraisals and 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, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Company or any Borrowing Subsidiary. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance Assumption or any other Loan Document document 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 Effective Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to the Company or any Loan Party Borrowing Subsidiary under any Federal, State United States (Federal or state) or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership receivership, winding-up 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 BorrowerCompany or any Borrowing Subsidiary) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Trimble Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, each, on behalf of itself and its applicable Affiliates and in their respective capacities as such and as Hedge Banks and/or Cash Management Banks, as applicable, hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named Credit Suisse (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Any Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank or Swingline 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, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Borrower any Loan Party or any subsidiary of its Subsidiaries any Loan Party or other Affiliates Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and without acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty obligation to account therefor provide such information to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lendersthem. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Documents and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied dutiesduty, regardless of whether a any Default has occurred or Event of Default exists, and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or and in any the other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations obligation arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powerspower, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders, Required Term A Lenders, Required Pro Rata Lenders, Required Term B Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulationRequirements of Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in 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 Administrative Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders, Required Term A Lenders, Required Pro Rata Lenders, Required Term B Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe believes in good faith to shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgmentjudgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Administrative Borrower or a any 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder hereunder or in connection therewithwith any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenantscovenant, agreements agreement or other terms term or conditions condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral or to assure that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document have been or will continue to be properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely uponor (vii) any property, and shall not incur book or record of any liability for relying upon, Loan Party or 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, 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, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation Affiliate thereof. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower)Each Lender agrees that, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance except with the advice written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document by Document, accelerate the Obligations under any Loan Document, or through exercise any one right that it might otherwise have under applicable Requirements of Law or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent; provided thatotherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, other than in the case of UCC sale, any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate sale under Section 363 of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint one of the Lenders 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank Bankruptcy Code 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 Agreementsimilar Disposition of Collateral. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of Notwithstanding the foregoing, and based on any Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriateaction, 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 bar enforcement of the Obligations held by such Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document 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, including the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date. Except with respect to the exercise filing of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceedinga case under the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, Loan Guaranty; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In furtherance hereof, and all powers, rights and remedies under and in connection with the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the foregoing Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and not in limitation thereofrepresentative of the Secured Parties, no Secured Swap Agreement shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or Secured Cash Management Agreement payment of the obligations under which constitute purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Obligations will create as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be deemed to create) in favor the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition. No holder of any Secured Party that is a party thereto Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Documentthis Agreement. By accepting the benefits Each of the CollateralLenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 authorize) the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or on behalf of all Secured Parties, to take any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case following actions upon the instruction 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 otherwiseRequired Lenders:

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Samples: Credit Agreement (INC Research Holdings, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, DBNY is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks Lenders, each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Person serving as 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 Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have 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 same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, an Issuing Bank Company or a Swingline Lender as any other Lender, Issuing Bank Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or Swingline Lender and may exercise the same other Loan Documents as though it were not received by the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) 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 not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (and it prohibited by this Agreement. 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 is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that . Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties). With respect to the Loans made by it under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money 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 the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents 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 in the Loan Documents, and its duties under the Loan Documents shall be administrative in nature. 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 by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, expressly provided for herein or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the other Loan Documents), ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinionopinion or the opinion of its counsel, could may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or regulationthat may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person institution serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative such Agent shall believe in good faith to shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan DocumentsSection 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not 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 Agent by the Borrower or a LenderCompany, 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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 any Loan Document herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed signed, sent or sent otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and in good faith 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 act upon any presume that such statement condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to receipt the making of written confirmation thereofsuch Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BorrowerCompany), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative such Agent; provided that, other than in the case of any such sub-agent that is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall provide prompt written notice of such appointment to the Borrower. 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 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. In taking any discretionary action hereunder, or in determining whether any provision hereof is applicable to any event, transaction or circumstance, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, but shall not be required (unless required by any other express provision hereof) to, communicate such proposed action or determination to the Lenders prior to taking or making the same, and shall be entitled (subject to any otherwise applicable requirement of Section 10.02(b)), in the absence of any contrary communication received from any Lender within a reasonable period of time specified in such communication from the Administrative Agent, to assume that such proposed action or determination is satisfactory to such Lender. 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 Lenders and the BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Company shall have the right, with the consent of the Required Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor; provided, that if a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Lenders, and not the Company, shall have the right, in consultation with the BorrowerCompany, to appoint one of the Lenders a such successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Company (or, if applicable, the Required Lenders 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 maymay (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and in consultation with the BorrowerLenders, appoint one of the Lenders as a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. 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 Documentshereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower Company and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as Administrative 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. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 2.16, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof 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 such Administrative Agent by the United States Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold 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) unless such failure was due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent. 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 Article. The agreements in this Article 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 Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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, any Issuing Bank Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each LenderAnything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, by delivering its signature page to none of the Arrangers shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement or any of the other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as an Administrative Agent or 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. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.09 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. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the obligations under which constitute 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. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Federal, State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effectParty, 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 applicable 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 Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent) 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 Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent. Nothing herein shall be deemed to give the Administrative Agent the right to vote the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding pursuant to such Debtor Relief Law.

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Molson Coors Brewing Co)

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