SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
Limitation on Suits No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; (iv) the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (v) during such 90 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary or any other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder and by accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities of such series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Effect of Amendment or Waiver Any such amendment or waiver shall apply equally to all of the holders of the Notes and shall be binding upon them, upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Company, whether or not such Note shall have been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon.
Limitation on Disposition of Property Dispose of any of its Property (including, without limitation, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except:
(a) the Disposition of (i) cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or (ii) other Property that the Company (or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) reasonably determines is no longer used or useful in its business, has become obsolete, damaged or surplus or is replaced in the ordinary course of business, including the lease or sublease of excess or unneeded real property not constituting a sale and leaseback;
(b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.04(b); provided that promptly after any such Disposition of any Property to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, all actions reasonably required by the Collateral Agent shall be taken to insure the perfection and priority of the Liens created by the Security Documents on such Property;
(d) the sale or issuance of any Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, to any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(e) Dispositions from (i) the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that promptly after any such Disposition, all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent shall be taken to insure the continued perfection and priority of the Liens created by the Security Documents on such Property and assets, (ii) from a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) from a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(f) discounts, adjustments or forgiveness of accounts receivable and other contract claims in the ordinary course of business or in connection with collection or compromise thereof;
(g) subject to the proviso below, unlimited Dispositions for Fair Market Value;
(h) any Recovery Event;
(i) Dispositions resulting from any taking or condemnation of any property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(j) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted under Section 7.10;
(k) to the extent constituting Dispositions, Investments permitted under Section 7.07 and Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06;
(l) the sale (without recourse) of receivables (and related assets) pursuant to factoring or other receivables sale arrangements and similar financing programs;
(m) assignments and licenses of intellectual property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; and
(n) the purchase and sale or other transfer (including by capital contribution) of Securitization Assets or interests therein pursuant to any Permitted Securitization Financing; provided, that in the case of a Specified Disposition, the Company would, immediately after giving effect to such Specified Disposition be in compliance with the Financial Covenants, determined on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to such Specified Disposition as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period (and assuming for such purposes the repayment of any Indebtedness repaid, tendered, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or discharged in connection with such Specified Disposition), provided, further, that, with respect to paragraph (g) above, no Default or Event of Default exists or will result therefrom and at least 75% of the consideration received therefor by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $10,000,000 for any individual Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, provided further that for purposes of this proviso, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (i) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or are otherwise cancelled in connection with such transaction (other than any such liabilities that are subordinated to the Obligations), (ii) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) and (iii) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to clause (g) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $25,000,000, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value. For the avoidance of doubt, any issuance or sale of Capital Stock of the Company shall not be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 7.05.
Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, establish, create or acquire after the Effective Date any Subsidiary, provided that Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries may (x) establish, create and, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, acquire Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and (y) establish, create and acquire non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by the definition of Permitted Acquisition, in each case so long as (i) all of the capital stock and other equity interests of such new Subsidiary (except in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, in which case, 65% of the capital stock and other equity interests) are (to the extent owned by a Credit Party) pledged to the Lender pursuant to, and to the extent required by, the Security Agreement, (ii) each such new Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (and, to the extent required by Section 8.13, each new Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary) executes and delivers to the Lender a counterpart of the Subsidiaries Guaranty and the Security Agreement, (iii) each such new Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (and, to the extent required by Section 8.13, each new Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary) enters into such mortgages and other Additional Security Documents as Lender may require pursuant to Section 8.12 and (iv) each such new Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (and to the extent required by Section 8.13, each new Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary) executes and delivers all other relevant documentation (including opinions of counsel, resolutions, officers’ certificates and UCC financing statements) of the type described in Section 5 as such new Subsidiary would have had to deliver if it were a Credit Party on the Effective Date.