Effectiveness and Termination. This Agreement will become effective when Valley has received counterparts signed by the Shareholder and itself and shall terminate on the date that the Merger is approved by Bancorp shareholders. In the event the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect. Upon any such termination, except for any rights any party may have in respect of any breach by any other party of its or his obligations hereunder, none of the parties hereto shall have any further obligation or liability hereunder.

EFFECTIVENESS. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following:

Effectiveness. The effectiveness of the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement in the form of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of the Fourth Amendment and Restatement Agreement.

The effective date for this Agreement shall be ​ (the “Assignment Date”). Following the execution of this Agreement, each party hereto shall deliver its duly executed counterpart hereof to the Agent for acceptance and recording in the Register by the Agent.

Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the date on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied or waived (the “First Amendment Effective Date”):

Effectiveness. This Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective when executed by Borrower, Agent, and each Lender whose signature is provided for on the signature pages hereof.

Effectiveness. This letter agreement shall become effective, as of the date hereof, on the date on which # the Noteholders shall have received a fully executed counterpart of this letter agreement from each Credit Party, # the Noteholders shall have received a copy of the fully executed Bank Credit Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, and # the Company shall have paid, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Noteholders in connection with this letter agreement.

Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of each of the following items:

Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective upon fulfillment of the following conditions: # the Company and Prudential shall have executed a copy of this Amendment on or prior to the Effective Date, # Prudential shall have received a copy of the resolutions of the board of the Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Amendment, certified by its secretary or assistant secretary, # the Company shall have paid the structuring fee described in [Section III(b)] of this Amendment to Prudential, and # Prudential shall have received such other documents and certificates as it may reasonably request relating to the Amendment and the transactions contemplated by the Amendment.

Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of each Lender to make its Term Loans hereunder are subject to (in addition to, in the case of the Term Loans, the performance by the Borrower of its obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the making of any such Term Loans) the satisfaction of the following conditions: