circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this 0Section 2.17.
(d) Unavailability of Tenor of Term SOFR. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, (i) at any time (A) any tenor for Term SOFR is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Lender in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of Term SOFR has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for Term SOFR is or will be no longer representative, then Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for Term SOFR settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for Term SOFR or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for Term SOFR, then the Lender may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for Term SOFR settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(e) Term SOFR Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Term SOFR Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Term SOFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Term SOFR Unavailability Period and, failing that, (i) the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans and (ii) any outstanding affected Term SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. During a Term SOFR Unavailability Period, or at any time that a tenor for Term SOFR is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon Term SOFR will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
Section 1.8 TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY. Article III of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended, restated and replaced for all purposes as follows:
ARTICLE III INCREASED COSTS, ILLEGALITY, INABILITY TO
DETERMINE RATES AND TAXES
Section 3.01 Increased Costs.
| (a) | Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall: |
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including pursuant to regulations issued from time to time by the Federal Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, special, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement), special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, Agent or any Lender;
(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on Agent or any Lender any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by the Lenders;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to Agent or any Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to the Agent or any Lender, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by Agent or any Lender or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of Agent or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to the applicable Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the applicable Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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