Disqualified Institution means those Persons (the list of all such Persons, the “Disqualified Institutions List”) that are (i) identified in writing by the Lead Borrower to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof, (ii) competitors of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than bona fide fixed income investors or debt funds) that are identified in writing by the Lead Borrower from time to time or (iii) Affiliates of such Persons set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above (in the case of Affiliates of such Persons set forth in clause (ii) above, other than bona fide fixed income investors or debt funds) that are either (a) identified in writing by the Lead Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time or (b) clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliate’s name; provided, that, to the extent Persons are identified as Disqualified Institutions in writing by the Lead Borrower to the Administrative Agent after the Closing Date pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii)(a), the inclusion of such Persons as Disqualified Institutions shall not retroactively apply to prior assignments or participations in respect of any Loan under this Agreement. Until the disclosure of the identity of a Disqualified Institution to the Lenders generally by the Administrative Agent in writing, such Person shall not constitute a Disqualified Institution for purposes of a sale of a participation in a Loan (as opposed to an assignment of a Loan) by a Lender; provided, that no disclosure of the Disqualified Institutions List (or the identity of any Person that constitutes a Disqualified Institution), in part or in full, to the Lenders shall be made by the Administrative Agent without the prior written consent of the Lead Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Borrower, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, may from time to time in its sole discretion remove any entity from the Disqualified Institutions List (or otherwise modify such list to exclude any particular entity), and such entity removed or excluded from the Disqualified Institutions List shall no longer be a Disqualified Institution for any purpose under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Disqualified Institution means any bank, financial institution, other institutional lender or Competitor, in each case, specifically identified by the Borrower from time to time in writing and approved by the Administrative Agent prior to and after the Closing Date.
Disqualified Institution shall exclude any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time in accordance with Section 9.01.
Examples of Disqualified Institution in a sentence
The Borrower shall deliver notices of any designation or removal of a Disqualified Institution to the Administrative Agent via email to Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxx.xx and XxxxxxXxxx@xx.xx.xxxx.xx.
No such assignment shall be made (A) to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), (C) to any Disqualified Institution or (D) to a natural Person.
More Definitions of Disqualified Institution
Disqualified Institution means (a) any Person that has been identified in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date as a “Disqualified Institution”, (b) any Person that is a competitor or potential competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of such competitor or potential competitor (in each case as determined in good faith by the Borrower) that has been identified in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time as a “Disqualified Institution” by the Borrower, other than any such Person that is a bona fide debt fund and (c) any Person (including an Affiliate or Approved Fund of a Lender) whose primary activity is the trading or acquisition of distressed debt; provided that (i) any Person that becomes a “Disqualified Institution” after the applicable Trade Date with respect to an assignment or participation shall not retroactively be deemed a “Disqualified Institution” for purposes of such assignment or participation or any previously acquired assignment or participation (but such Person shall not be able to increase its Commitments or participations hereunder), (ii) such assignment or participation and, in the case of an assignment, the execution by the Borrower of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee, will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a “Disqualified Institution”; provided, however, that, in each case, the term “Disqualified Institution” shall not include any person that has been identified in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time by the Borrower as no longer constituting a “Disqualified Institution” and (iii) clause (c) above shall not apply at any time that a Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Disqualified Institution means (i) the persons identified in writing to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the First Restatement Effective Date as competitors of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary (or, if after the First Restatement Effective Date, that are mutually agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, each party acting reasonably), (ii) Affiliates of any such competitors clearly identifiable by similarity of name other than any such Affiliate that is a bona fide debt fund or investment vehicle that is engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in fixed-income instruments, commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business with separate fiduciary duties to the investors in such fund or vehicle, (iii) certain banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders and investors that have been specifically identified in writing to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the First Restatement Effective Date, (iv) Affiliates of the Lead Arrangers engaged as principals primarily in private equity or venture capital (other than bona fide debt funds or investment vehicles that are engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in fixed-income instruments, commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business with separate fiduciary duties to the investors in such funds or vehicles) or (v) such other persons identified in writing to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the First Restatement Effective Date (other than, in each case, such persons engaged by the Borrower as part of the Transactions or persons identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent that are to be no longer considered Disqualified Institutions); provided that any Person that is a Lender and subsequently becomes a Disqualified Institution (but was not a Disqualified Institution at the time it became a Lender) shall not retroactively be deemed to be a Disqualified Institution hereunder; provided, further, any Person that is a Lender that is designated as a Disqualified Institution after the date it became a Lender, once so designated, shall not be entitled to acquire any additional assignments of, or participations in, Commitments or Loans from any other Lender.
Disqualified Institution means each of the (a) certain banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders and Persons identified to the LC Issuer in writing on or prior to the date hereof, (b) bona fide competitors of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries identified in writing by the Guarantor to the LC Issuer from time to time, (c) those Persons primarily engaged in private equity, venture capital or mezzanine or distressed lending and identified in writing by the Guarantor to the LC Issuer from time to time and (d) Affiliates of the Persons or entities referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above to the extent clearly identifiable by name or identified in writing by the Guarantor to the LC Issuer from time to time; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any supplement to the list of Disqualified Institutions apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired a participation interest under this Agreement that is otherwise permitted by this Agreement, but upon the effectiveness of such designation, any such Person may not acquire any additional participations; provided, further, that no supplement to such list shall be effective until the third Domestic Business Day following the LC Issuer’s receipt of such supplement in writing; provided, further that any bona fide debt fund or investment vehicle that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business which is managed, sponsored or advised by any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with a competitor or its controlling owner shall be deemed not to be a competitor of the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
Disqualified Institution means (a) Persons that are specifically identified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing prior to the Effective Date, (b) any Person that is reasonably determined by the Borrower after the Effective Date to be a competitor of the Parent Guarantor, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries and which is specifically identified in a written supplement to the list of “Disqualified Institutions”, which supplement shall become effective three (3) Business Days after delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.01 and (c) in the case of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), any of such entities’ Affiliates to the extent such Affiliates (x) are clearly identifiable as Affiliates of such Persons based solely on the similarity of such Affiliates’ and such Persons’ names and (y) are not bona fide debt investment funds. It is understood and agreed that (i) any supplement to the list of Persons that are Disqualified Institutions contemplated by the foregoing clause (b) shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in the Loans (but solely with respect to such Loans), (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or liability to determine or monitor whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Institution, (iii) the Borrower’s failure to deliver such list (or supplement thereto) in accordance with Section 9.01 shall render such list (or supplement) not received and not effective and (iv) “Disqualified Institution” shall exclude any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time in accordance with Section 9.01.
Disqualified Institution means (a) those banks, financial institutions and other entities designated in writing by the Borrower to the Agent prior to the Closing Date, in each case, together with their respective Affiliates, and (b) any corporate competitors of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Affiliates of such corporate competitors (other than bona fide debt funds or investors) designated in writing by the Borrower to the Agent prior to the Closing Date. The Agent will make the list of Disqualified Institutions available to any Lender upon request.
Disqualified Institution means (a) any Person identified in writing to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners on or prior to the Closing Date and (b) any Person that is or becomes a competitor of the Borrower and is designated by the Borrower as such in a writing provided to the Administrative Agent after the Closing Date.
Disqualified Institution has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eligible Assignee”.