Common use of Affiliates of Lenders as Ancillary Lenders Clause in Contracts

Affiliates of Lenders as Ancillary Lenders. (a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, an Affiliate of a Lender may become an Ancillary Lender. In such case, the Lender and its Affiliate shall be treated as a single Lender (but not for the purposes of Clause 16 (Tax gross up and Indemnities), which shall apply in respect of the relevant Affiliate (if at all) as if such Affiliate were a Lender and had become a Lender on the day it acceded to the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with paragraph (c) below and such Affiliate shall be treated as a UK Non-Bank Lender for the purposes of this Agreement if it gives a Tax Confirmation to the Agent (who shall without unreasonable delay then notify the Company of the same, though for the avoidance of doubt such Tax Confirmation shall be deemed given to the Company at the same time as it is given to the Agent)), whose Commitment is the amount set out opposite the relevant Lender’s name in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) and/or the amount of any Commitment transferred to or assumed by that Lender under this Agreement, to the extent (in each case) not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement. For the purposes of Clause 16 (Tax gross up and indemnities) such Affiliate shall also indicate which of the categories of Clause 16.5 (Lender status confirmation) (if any) applies to it, and (if relevant) shall give an indication in accordance with Clause 16.6 (HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme confirmation), in each case without unreasonable delay after acceding to the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with paragraph (c) below. For the purposes of calculating the Lender’s Available Commitment with respect to the Facility, the Lender’s Commitment shall be reduced to the extent of the aggregate of the Ancillary Commitments of its Affiliates.