Reference Discount Rate means, in respect of any make-whole premium, the yield to maturity of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the relevant redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to the maturity date; provided, however, that if the period from such redemption date to the maturity date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. Any such reference discount rate shall be obtained by Helix.
Reference Discount Rate on any date with respect to each Draft requested to be accepted by a Canadian Lender, (a) if such Canadian Lender is a Schedule 1 Canadian Lender, the arithmetic average of the discount rates (expressed as a percentage calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days) quoted by the Toronto offices of each of the Schedule 1 Canadian Reference Lenders, at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Borrowing Date on which such Draft is to be accepted as the discount rate at which each such Schedule 1 Canadian Reference Lender would, in the normal course of its business, purchase on such date Acceptances having an aggregate face amount and term to maturity as designated by the Canadian Borrower pursuant to Section 5.2 and (b) if such Canadian Lender is a Schedule 2 Canadian Lender, the arithmetic average of the discount rates (expressed as a percentage calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days) quoted by the Toronto offices of each of the Schedule 2 Canadian Reference Lenders, at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Borrowing Date on which such Draft is to be accepted as the discount rate at which each such Schedule 2 Canadian Reference Lender would, in the normal course of its business, purchase on such date Acceptances having an aggregate face amount and term to maturity as designated by the Canadian Borrower pursuant to Section 5.2. The Canadian Administrative Agent shall advise the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Lenders, either in writing or verbally, by 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on each Borrowing Date in respect of Acceptances as to the applicable Reference Discount Rate and corresponding Acceptance Purchase Price in respect of Acceptances having the maturities selected by the Canadian Borrower for such Borrowing Date.
Reference Discount Rate means the yield for 3-month U.S. Treasury bills in secondary market trading for the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the date of acceleration, as displayed opposite the caption “U.S. government securities—Treasury bills (secondary market)—3-month” on the “H.15” weekly release or daily update, as applicable, for that Business Day published by the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors (or its successor) (or its equivalent successor if such weekly release or daily update, as applicable, is not available). If such yield is unavailable, the “Reference Discount Rate” will be the average of the secondary market bid rates of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose as of 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that Business Day for the issue of U.S. Treasury bills with a remaining maturity closest to three months.
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Each BA Reference Lender and Eurodollar Reference Lender agrees to provide the Administrative Agent with timely information for purposes of determining the applicable Reference Discount Rate or Eurodollar Rate, as the case may be.
Both facilities bear interest at spreads over the Canadian prime rate, the U.S. base rate, Canadian Bankers' Acceptances Reference Discount Rate or U.S. dollar LIBOR and are not secured by specific assets of the Company.
The Reference Discount Rate shall be determined as at the Reference Point.
These lines of credit can be drawn at spreads over the Canadian prime rate, the U.S. base rate, Canadian Bankers' Acceptances Reference Discount Rate or U.S. dollar LIBOR, in either Canadian or U.S. funds, subject to maintaining the prescribed working capital ratio and other financial covenants.
If any one or more of the BA Reference Lenders or Eurodollar Reference Lenders fail to provide the information to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall determine the applicable Reference Discount Rate or Eurodollar Rate, as the case may be, on the basis of timely information provided by the remaining BA Reference Lenders or Eurodollar Reference Lenders under the applicable Credit Facility, as the case may be.
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Reference Discount Rate means, for any Optional Redemption, the yield for 3-month U.S. Treasury bills in secondary market trading for the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the date on which the Company delivers the relevant Redemption Notice, as displayed opposite the caption “U.S. government securities—Treasury bills (secondary market)—3-month” on the “H.15” weekly release or daily update, as applicable, for that Business Day published by the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors (or its successor) (or its equivalent successor if such weekly release or daily update, as applicable, is not available). If such yield is unavailable, the “Reference Discount Rate” will be the average of the secondary market bid rates of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose, and may include the investment banking firm selected by the Company to determine any component of the Redemption Price, as of 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that Business Day for the issue of U.S. Treasury bills with a remaining maturity closest to three months.
Reference Discount Rate on any date with respect to each Draft requested to be accepted by a Canadian Lender, (a) if such Canadian Lender is a Schedule I Canadian Lender, the arithmetic average of the discount rates (expressed as a percentage calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days) quoted by the Toronto offices of the Canadian Administrative Agent, at 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on the Borrowing Date as the discount rate at which such Canadian Administrative Agent would, in the normal course of its business, purchase on such date Acceptances having an aggregate face amount and term to maturity as designated by the Canadian Borrower pursuant to Section 6.2 and (b) if such Canadian Lender is a Schedule II Canadian Lender, the arithmetic average of the discount rates (expressed as a percentage calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days) quoted by the Toronto offices of each of the Schedule II Canadian Reference Lenders, at 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on the Borrowing Date as the discount rate at which each such Schedule II Canadian Reference Lender would, in the normal course of its business, purchase on such date Acceptances having an aggregate face amount and term to maturity as designated by the Canadian Borrower pursuant to subsection 6.2. The Canadian Administrative Agent shall advise the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Lenders, either in writing or verbally, by 11:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on the Borrowing Date as to the applicable Reference Discount Rate and corresponding Acceptance Purchase Price in respect of Acceptances having the maturities selected by the Canadian Borrower for such Borrowing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Canadian Borrower, the Canadian Administrative Agent and the Canadian Lenders, may agree upon alternative methods of determining the Reference Discount Rate from time to time.
Reference Discount Rate means, for any Drawing Date in respect of Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.05, CDOR.
Reference Discount Rate means, in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptances or completed Drafts to be purchased by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and Schedule 1.01(b), (i) by a Schedule I chartered bank, the arithmetic average of the discount rates (calculated on an annual basis and rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of 1%, with five-thousandths of 1% being rounded up) for the appropriate term as quoted on Reuters Screen CDOR Page (or such other page as may be selected by DB Canada as a replacement page for such Bankers’ Acceptances if such screen is not available) at 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time); and (ii) by any other Lender, the lesser of (A) the rate specified in (i) plus 0.10% and (B) the discount rate (calculated on an annual basis and rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of 1%, with five-thousandths of 1% being rounded up) quoted by DB Canada at 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) as the discount rate at which DB Canada would purchase, on the relevant Drawing Date, its own bankers’ acceptances or Drafts having an aggregate Face Amount equal to, and with a term to maturity the same as, the Bankers’ Acceptances or Drafts, as the case may be, to be acquired by such Lender on such Drawing Date.
Reference Discount Rate means, in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptances or completed Drafts to be accepted and/or purchased by a Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender as contemplated by Section 2.02(b) and Schedule 2.02(b) hereto, (i) that is a Schedule I Canadian chartered bank, the CDOR Rate; and (ii) that is not a Schedule I Canadian chartered bank, the lesser of (x) the rate specified in (i) plus 0.10% and (y) the discount rate (calculated on an annual basis and rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of 1%, with five-thousandths of 1% being rounded up) quoted by DB Canada at 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) as the discount rate at which DB Canada would purchase, on the relevant Drawing Date, its own bankers’ acceptances having an aggregate face amount equal to, and with a term to maturity the same as, the Bankers’ Acceptances or Drafts, as the case may be, to be acquired by such Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender on such Drawing Date.
Reference Discount Rate means, for any Drawing Date, in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptances or Drafts to be purchased pursuant to Article 4 by:
Reference Discount Rate means, for any Drawing Date, in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptances or Drafts to be purchased pursuant to Article 4 by (i) a Schedule I chartered bank, the average Bankers’ Acceptance discount rate for the appropriate term as quoted on Reuters Screen CDOR Page (or such other page as is a replacement page for such Bankers’ Acceptances) at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time); and (ii) by any other Lender or Person, the lesser of (y) the arithmetic average of the actual discount rate quoted by at least one, but not more than two, non-Schedule I Reference Banks; and (z) the rate specified in (i) plus 0.10%. If such rate is not available as of such time, then the discount rate in respect of such Banker’s Acceptances and Drafts shall mean the arithmetic average of the discount rates (calculated on an annual basis and rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of 1%, with five-thousandths of 1% being rounded up) quoted by Bank of America N.A., Canada Branch, by Royal Bank of Canada and by The Toronto-Dominion Bank at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) as the discount rate at which each such Lender would purchase, on the relevant Drawing Date, its own Bankers’ Acceptances or Drafts having an aggregate Face Amount equal to and with a term to maturity the same as the Bankers’ Acceptances or Drafts to be acquired by such Lender or other Person on such Drawing Date.