Designation; Successor Agent Clause Samples

Designation; Successor Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, Agent may resign at any time by giving at least 30 days’ written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrowers. Upon receipt of such notice, Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with Borrower Agent, to appoint a successor Agent which shall be (a) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; or (b) a financial institution reasonably acceptable to Required Lenders and (provided no Default or Event of Default exists) Borrowers. If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of Agent’s resignation, the retiring Agent may appoint a successor agent that is a financial institution acceptable to it and that meets the qualifications set forth above, which shall be a Lender unless no Lender accepts the role; provided that in no event shall any such successor Agent be a Defaulting Lender. Upon acceptance by a successor Agent of its appointment hereunder, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the powers and duties of the retiring Agent without further act, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder but shall continue to have the benefits of the indemnification set forth in Sections 12.6 and 14.