Increase in Commitments Clause Samples
The "Increase in Commitments" clause allows parties to raise the total amount of financial commitments available under an agreement, typically a loan or credit facility. In practice, this clause outlines the process by which existing or new lenders can agree to provide additional funds, often requiring certain conditions to be met, such as lender consent or documentation updates. Its core function is to provide flexibility for borrowers to access more capital as needed, while ensuring that all parties are clear on the terms and procedures for increasing the available commitments.
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Increase in Commitments. After the Restatement Date, the Company may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, executed by the Company and one or more financial institutions (any such financial institution referred to in this Section being called a "Prospective Lender"), which may include any Lender, cause the Commitments of the Prospective Lenders to be increased (or cause Commitments to be extended by the Prospective Lenders, as the case may be) in an amount for each Prospective Lender set forth in such notice, provided, however, that (a) the aggregate amount of the Lenders' Commitments after giving effect to such increase, together with the aggregate amount of the commitments under the Five-Year Credit Agreement, shall in no event exceed US$400,000,000, (b) each Prospective Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and (c) each Prospective Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall become a party to this Agreement by completing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed Accession Agreement. Increases and new Commitments created pursuant to this Section shall become effective (A) in the case of Prospective Lenders already parties hereunder, on the date specified in the notice delivered pursuant to this Section and (B) in the case of Prospective Revolving Lenders not already parties hereunder, on the effective date of the Accession Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Lender is a party, (i) such Prospective Lender shall thereafter be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Lender hereunder and subject to all obligations of a Lender hereunder and (ii) Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Lender as provided in such Accession Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase pursuant to this Section in the Commitment of a Lender already a party hereunder, Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the aggregate Commitments (or in the Commitment of any Lender) shall become effective under this Section unless, on the date of such increase, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.03 shall be satisfied (with all references in such paragraphs to ...
Increase in Commitments. (a) Provided there exists no Default (and no Default would result therefrom), upon notice from the Administrative Borrower to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrowers may from time to time, request a new term loan (an “Incremental Term Loan”) in an aggregate amount for all such Incremental Term Loans not to exceed $150,000,000; provided, however, that the Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to such Incremental Term Loan, the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.10; and provided further that any Term Loan (i) shall rank pari passu in right of payment with the existing Term Loans and shall have the same benefits of any additional guaranties or collateral and (ii) shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the existing Term Loans. The applicable Lenders shall approve the maturity, amortization, pricing, funding and other terms of such Incremental Term Loan. The aggregate amount of any Incremental Term Loan hereunder shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 (and in integral multiples of $10,000,000 in excess thereof). To achieve the full amount of a requested Incremental Term Loan, the Borrowers may solicit increased commitments from existing Lenders and/or invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Lenders; provided, however, that no existing Lender shall be obligated and/or required to accept an increase in its Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.12 unless it specifically consents to such increase in writing. Any Lender or Eligible Assignee agreeing to increase its Commitment or provide a new Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.12 (an “Incremental Term Loan Commitment”) shall, in connection therewith, deliver to the Administrative Agent a new commitment agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(b) If the Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers shall determine the effective date (the “Incremental Term Loan Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such Incremental Term Loan. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Administrative Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such Incremental Term Loan and the Incremental Term Loan Effective Date and Schedule 2.01 hereto sha...
Increase in Commitments. (i) WPZ shall have the option, without the consent of the Lenders, from time to time to cause one or more increases in the Aggregate Commitments by adding, subject to the prior approval of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), to this Agreement one or more financial institutions as Lenders (collectively, the “New Lenders”) or by allowing one or more Lenders to increase their respective Commitments; provided however that: (A) prior to and after giving effect to the increase, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred hereunder and be continuing, (B) no such increase shall cause the Aggregate Commitments to exceed $2,400,000,000, (C) no Lender’s Commitment shall be increased without such Lender’s consent, (D) such increase shall not result in the increase of any Borrower Sublimit and (E) such increase shall be evidenced by a commitment increase agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and executed by WPZ, the Administrative Agent, the New Lenders, if any, and Lenders increasing their Commitments, if any, and which shall indicate the amount and allocation of such increase in the Aggregate Commitments and the effective date of such increase (the “Increase Effective Date”). Each financial institution that becomes a New Lender pursuant to this Section by the execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent of the applicable commitment increase agreement shall be a “Lender” for all purposes under this Agreement on the applicable Increase Effective Date. The Borrowers shall borrow and prepay Loans on each Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.16) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Loans of each Lender ratable with such Lender’s revised Applicable Percentage after giving effect to any nonratable increase in the Aggregate Commitments under this Section.
(ii) As a condition precedent to each increase pursuant to subsection (c)(i) above, WPZ shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, the following in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(A) a certificate dated as of the Increase Effective Date, signed by a Responsible Officer of the General Partner certifying that each of the conditions to such increase set forth in this Section 2.01(c) shall have occurred and been complied with and that, before and after giving e...
Increase in Commitments. (a) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit J, request that the total Commitments be increased by an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000,000; provided that the Borrower may not make more than 3 such requests. Such notice shall set forth the amount of the requested increase (which shall be in a minimum amount of $500,000,000 and in minimum increments of $10,000,000 above that amount) and the date on which such increase is requested to become effective (which shall be not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice and which, in any event, must be on or prior to the Commitment Termination Date). Upon the receipt of such request by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall give notice promptly to each Bank substantially in the form of Exhibit K, which notice will offer each such Bank the opportunity to increase its Commitment by its applicable Pro Rata Share of the proposed increased amount. Each such Bank shall, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit L, given not more than 10 days after the date of the Administrative Agent’s notice, either agree to increase its Commitment by all or a portion of the offered amount (each Bank so agreeing being an “Increasing Bank”) or decline to increase its Commitment (and any Bank that does not deliver such a notice within such period of 10 days shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment) (each Bank so declining or being deemed to have declined being a “Non-Increasing Bank”). In the event that, on the 10th day after the Administrative Agent shall have delivered a notice pursuant to the second sentence of this paragraph, the Increasing Banks shall have agreed pursuant to the preceding sentence to increase their Commitments by an aggregate amount less than the increase requested by the Borrower, the Borrower may arrange for one or more banks or other entities (any such bank or other entity being called an “Augmenting Bank”), which may include any Bank, to extend Bank Commitments or increase their existing Commitments in an aggregate amount equal to the unsubscribed amount; provided, however, that each Augmenting Bank that is not an existing Bank shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and the Borrower and each Augmenting Bank that is not an existing Bank...
Increase in Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Borrower shall have the right to request, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, increases in the Legacy Commitments and/or the ETMC Commitments (a “Revolving Commitment Increase”) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000; provided that (i) any Revolving Commitment Increase shall be on the terms (including the Maturity Date) and pursuant to the documentation applicable to the Revolving Credit Facilities, (ii) the Administrative Borrower shall only be permitted to request three Revolving Commitment Increases during the term of this Agreement and (v) any Revolving Commitment Increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000.
(b) Each notice submitted pursuant to this Section 2.14 (a “Revolving Commitment Increase Notice”) requesting a Revolving Commitment Increase shall specify (x) the amount of the increase in the Commitments being requested and (y) whether such increase is requested for the ETMC Commitments or the Legacy Commitments. Upon receipt of a Revolving Commitment Increase Notice, the Administrative Agent may (at the direction of the Administrative Borrower) promptly notify the Lenders under the applicable Revolving Credit Facility and each such Lender may (subject to the Administrative Borrower’s consent) have the right to elect to have its Commitment increased by its Applicable Pro Rata Share (it being understood and agreed that a Lender may elect to have its Commitment increased in excess of its Applicable Pro Rata Share in its discretion if any other Lender declines to participate in the Revolving Commitment Increase) of the requested increase in Commitments; provided that (i) each applicable Lender may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to have its Commitment increased in connection with any requested Revolving Commitment Increase, it being understood that no Lender shall be obligated to increase its Commitment unless it, in its sole discretion, so agrees and, if a Lender fails to respond to any Revolving Commitment Increase Notice within ten (10) Business Days after such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s receipt of such request, such Lender shall be deemed to have declined to participate in such Revolving Commitment Increase; (ii) if any Lender declines to participate in any Revolving Commitment Increase and, as a result, commitments from additional financial institutions are required in connection with the Revolving Commitment Increase, or if the Administrative Bor...
Increase in Commitments. (a) Provided there exists no Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Company may from time to time, request an increase in the Aggregate Commitments by an aggregate amount (for all such requests) not exceeding $700,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, the Company (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders). Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Pro Rata Share of such requested increase. Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase, the Company may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.15(a), during the first 90 days following the date hereof, the Company may invite Eligible Assignees to become Lenders under this Agreement in connection with a requested increase without first providing any Lender with the opportunity to increase its Commitment as provided above.
(b) If the Aggregate Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section 2.15, the Administrative Agent and the Company shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date. As a condition precedent to such increase, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Company, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained ...
Increase in Commitments. (a) Provided there exists no Default applicable to any Tranche A Borrower, upon notice by TMCC to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the appropriate Lenders), TMCC may from time to time, request an increase in the Aggregate Commitments applicable to all Tranche A Borrowers to an amount (for all such requests) not exceeding US$5,660,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, TMCC (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than 10 Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the appropriate Lenders). Each appropriate Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Pro Rata Share of such requested increase. Any appropriate Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall notify all of the Tranche A Borrowers and each appropriate Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase, TMCC may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel; provided that the minimum commitment of each such Eligible Assignee is not less than US$10,000,000. The consent of the Lenders is not required to increase the amount of the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments pursuant to this Section, except that each appropriate Lender shall have the right to consent to an increase in the amount of its Commitment as set forth in this Section 2.14(a). If the Lenders and Eligible Assignees do not agree to increase the applicable Aggregate Tranche A Commitments by the amount requested by TMCC pursuant to this Section 2.14(a), TMCC may (i) withdraw its request for an increase in its entirety or (ii) accept, in whole or in part, the increases that have been offered.
(b) If the applicable Aggregate Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and TMCC shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify TMCC and the appropriate Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effec...
Increase in Commitments. The Borrower shall have the right upon at least fifteen (15) Business Days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent to increase the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount by up to $25,000,000, in a single increase, at any time on or after the Closing Date, subject, however, in any such case, to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date on which such Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount increase is to become effective;
(ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of this Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date on which such Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount increase is to become effective (except to the extent they expressly relate to an earlier date);
(iii) on or before the date on which such Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount increase is to become effective, the Administrative Agent shall have received, for its own account, the mutually acceptable fees and expenses required by separate agreement of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to be paid in connection with such increase;
(iv) such Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount increase shall be an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and shall in no event be less than $5,000,000; and
(v) such requested Aggregate Revolving Commitment increase shall be effective on such date only to the extent that, on or before such date, (A) the Administrative Agent shall have received and accepted a corresponding amount of Additional Commitment(s) pursuant to a commitment letter(s) acceptable to the Administrative Agent from one or more Lenders acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, with respect to any Lender that is not at such time a Lender hereunder, to the Borrower and (B) each such Lender has executed an agreement in the form of Schedule 3.4(c) hereto (each such agreement a "New Commitment Agreement"), accepted in writing therein by the Administrative Agent and, with respect to any Lender that is not at such time a Lender hereunder, by the Borrower, with respect to the Additional Commitment of such Lender.
Increase in Commitments. Borrowers may request an increase in Commitments from time to time upon not less than 10 Business Days’ notice to Agent, as long as (a) the requested increase is in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and is offered on the same terms as existing Commitments, except for a closing fee specified by Borrowers, (b) total increases under this Section do not exceed $75,000,000 and no more than five increases are made, and (c) the requested increase does not cause the Commitments to exceed 90% of any applicable cap under any intercreditor or subordination agreement (including the Intercreditor Agreement). Agent shall promptly notify Lenders of the requested increase and, within five Business Days thereafter, each Lender shall notify Agent if and to what extent such Lender commits to increase its Commitment. No Lender is obligated to provide any increase, and any Lender not responding within such period shall be deemed to have declined an increase. If ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ fail to commit to the full requested increase, Eligible Assignees may issue additional Commitments and become Lenders hereunder. Agent may allocate, in consultation with Borrowers, the increased Commitments among committing Lenders and, if necessary, Eligible Assignees. Total Commitments shall be increased by the requested amount (or such lesser amount committed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Eligible Assignees) on a date agreed upon by Agent and Borrower Agent, provided (i) the conditions set forth in Section 6.2 are satisfied at such time and (ii) flood insurance diligence and documentation have been completed as required by all Flood Laws or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to all Lenders. Agent, Obligors, and the new and existing Lenders shall execute and deliver such documents and agreements as Agent reasonably deems appropriate to evidence the increase in and allocations of Commitments and Obligors shall pay any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith. On the effective date of an increase, the Revolver Usage and other exposures under the Commitments shall be reallocated among Lenders, and settled by Agent as necessary, in accordance with Lenders’ adjusted shares of Commitments.
Increase in Commitments. (a) The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to seek (x) commitments (“Additional Revolving Commitments”) to increase the Revolving Commitments of any Class and/or (y) commitments (“Additional Term Commitments”) to increase the aggregate principal amount of any existing Class of Term Loans or to establish one or more new Classes of Term Loans; provided that:
(i) the aggregate amount of all Additional Commitments shall not exceed the Incremental Cap;
(ii) any such increase or any new Class shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; provided that such amount may be less than $10,000,000 if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in the preceding clause (i);
(iii) no existing Lender shall be required to provide any Additional Commitments;
(iv) as of each date of borrowing of any Additional Term Commitments or effectiveness of Additional Revolving Commitments, (A) each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 shall be satisfied and (B) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant recomputed (assuming the applicable Additional Revolving Commitments established on such date are fully drawn and without netting the cash proceeds of any Additional Term Loans or any Additional Revolving Commitments being so incurred in calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio) as of the last day of the Test Period;
(v) the final maturity date of any Additional Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date applicable to each Class of Term Loans outstanding prior to such proposed incurrence of Additional Term Loans;
(vi) the Additional Term Loans shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of each Class of Term Loans outstanding prior to such proposed incurrence of Additional Term Loans (it being understood that, subject to the foregoing requirements of this clause (vi), the amortization requirements with respect to any Additional Term Loans may differ);
(vii) the interest margins for the Additional Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the Additional Term Lenders; provided that in the event that the All-In Yield for any Additional Term Loans is greater than the All-In Yield for the Initial Term Loans by more than 50 basis points, then the Applicable Rate for the Initial Term Loans shall be increased to...