Viacom (VIA)

(b)          Each Lender may, in its sole discretion, make one or more Competitive Bids to the relevant Borrower responsive to a Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid must be received by the Administrative Agent by telecopier, in the form of Exhibit B-3, (i) in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan in Dollars, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Loan, (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan in a Foreign Currency, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, four Business Days before a proposed Competitive Loan, (iii) in the case of an Absolute Rate Loan in Dollars, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Competitive Loan, and (iv) in the case of an Absolute Rate Loan in a Foreign Currency, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, two Business Days before a proposed Competitive Loan. Multiple Competitive Bids will be accepted by the Administrative Agent. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially to the format of Exhibit B-3 may be rejected by the Administrative Agent after conferring with, and upon the instruction of, the relevant Borrower, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lender making such nonconforming Competitive Bid of such rejection as soon as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall refer to this Agreement and specify (x) the principal amount in the relevant currency (which shall be in a minimum principal amount of the equivalent of $5,000,000 and, in the case of a Competitive Bid for a Competitive Loan in Dollars, in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and which may equal the entire principal amount of the Competitive Loan requested by the relevant Borrower) of the Competitive Loan or Loans that the applicable Lender is willing to make to the relevant Borrower, (y) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at which such Lender is prepared to make the Competitive Loan or Loans and (z) the Interest Period and the last day thereof. A Competitive Bid submitted pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be irrevocable (subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to borrowing set forth in Article IV).

(c)          The Administrative Agent shall promptly (and in any event by 10:15 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which such Competitive Bids shall have been made) notify the relevant Borrower by telecopier of all the Competitive Bids made, the Competitive Bid Rate and the principal amount in the relevant currency of each Competitive Loan in respect of which a Competitive Bid was made and the identity of the Lender that made each Competitive Bid. The Administrative Agent shall send a copy of all Competitive Bids to the relevant Borrower for its records as soon as practicable after completion of the bidding process set forth in this Section 2.3.

(d)          The relevant Borrower may in its sole and absolute discretion, subject only to the provisions of this paragraph (d), accept or reject any Competitive Bid referred to in paragraph (c) above. The relevant Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone, confirmed by telecopier in such form as may be agreed upon by such Borrower and the Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or reject any of or all the Competitive Bids referred to in paragraph (c) above, (i) in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan in Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Loan, (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan in a Foreign Currency, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four Business Days before a proposed Competitive Loan, (iii) in the case of an Absolute Rate Loan in Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Competitive Loan, and (iv) in the case of an Absolute Rate Loan in a Foreign Currency, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day before a proposed Competitive Loan; provided, however, that (A) the failure by such Borrower to give such notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of all the Competitive Bids referred to in paragraph (c) above, (B) such Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if it has decided to reject a Competitive Bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (C) the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by such Borrower shall not exceed the principal amount specified in the Competitive Bid Request (but may be less than that requested), (D) if such Borrower shall accept a Competitive Bid or Competitive Bids made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate but the amount of such Competitive Bid or Competitive Bids shall cause the total amount of Competitive Bids to be accepted by it to exceed the amount specified in the Competitive Bid Request, then such Borrower shall accept a portion of such Competitive Bid or Competitive Bids in an amount equal to the amount specified in the Competitive Bid Request less the amount of all other Competitive Bids accepted with respect to such Competitive Bid Request, which acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Competitive Bid at such Competitive Bid Rate, and (E) except pursuant to clause (D) above no Competitive Bid shall be accepted for a Competitive Loan unless such Competitive Loan is in a minimum principal amount of the equivalent of $5,000,000 and, in the case of a Competitive Bid for a Competitive Loan in Dollars, an integral multiple of $1,000,000; provided,