Financing Operations of Acquired Entities Sample Clauses

Financing Operations of Acquired Entities. (a) In the event that the Company Entities at any time acquire equity interests in or the assets of any Person or business (such entity or the entity holding such acquired assets being sometimes referred to herein as an "Acquired Entity") that thereby becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or a division of any Company Entity and which engages, directly or through an Affiliate, in the financing of products or services manufactured, marketed or provided by such Acquired Entity (the division or Affiliate that provides such financing being sometimes referred to herein as an "Acquired Entity Financing Source"), except as described in Section 4.3(c) below, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to facilitate one or more of the following transactions by Capital, in Capital's discretion: (i) acquisition by Capital of the capital stock or substantially all the assets of such Acquired Entity Financing Source for an amount equal to the fair market value thereof (not to exceed the portion of the total consideration paid by the Company Entities for the acquired equity interests or assets that is allocable to such assets or stock of such Acquired Entity Financing Source); (ii) acquisition by Capital of the capital stock or substantially all of the assets of such Acquired Entity Financing Source, other than its portfolio of existing financings, for an amount equal to the fair market value of such acquired assets (subject to the same limiting principle as in the preceding clause (i)) and execution by Capital of an exclusive agreement with such Acquired Entity Financing Source for Capital to service such existing portfolio (including any future additions to such portfolio) for a reasonable, market-based fee; or (iii) without the acquisition of such capital stock or assets or portfolio, the execution by Capital of an exclusive agreement with such Acquired Entity Financing Source for Capital to service such portfolio (including any future additions to such portfolio) for a reasonable, market-based fee. (b) In the event that Capital does not acquire the capital stock or substantially all the assets of any such Acquired Entity Financing Source as provided in paragraph (a) above or Section 4.3(c) below, such Acquired Entity Financing Source may, so long as it continues to be, or continues to be a division or unit of, a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company, continue to provide financing for: (A) products or related services manufactured, marketed, furnished or provided by...
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  • Interim Operations of the Company The Company covenants and agrees as to itself and its Subsidiaries that during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to Section 7.1, except as (w) disclosed in Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter, (x) expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, (y) required by applicable Law, or (z) agreed to in writing by Parent, after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time: (a) the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organization and goodwill and the business organization and goodwill of its Subsidiaries and keep available the services of their current officers and employees and preserve and maintain existing relations with customers, suppliers, officers, employees and creditors; (b) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) enter into any new line of business, (ii) incur or commit to any capital expenditures, or any obligations or liabilities in connection with any capital expenditures during calendar year 2006 other than (x) capital expenditures and obligations or liabilities incurred or committed to in an amount not greater, in the aggregate, than the amount in the Company’s total capital budget for calendar year 2006 approved by the Company Board on January 26, 2006, which has been furnished to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement, plus (y) any other capital expenditure, obligations, liabilities or commitments made by the Company after the date of this Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not commit to incur any expenditure, obligation, liability or other payment with respect to any capital expenditure related to an exploration well in the event the Company’s share or portion of the initial authorization for expenditure with respect to such exploration well exceeds $3,000,000 plus (z) expenditures (or obligations or liabilities related thereto) in connection with acquisitions so long as such expenditures with respect to any individual acquisition do not exceed $1,000,000 or (iii) during any rolling three (3) month period, incur or commit to any capital expenditures contemplated by the Company’s capital budget described in clause (ii) above in an amount that exceeds, by more than thirty percent (30%) the amounts contemplated by such budget to be incurred or committed to during such three (3) month period; (c) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or similar organizational documents; (d) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries) to, declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution, whether payable in cash, stock or any other property or right, with respect to its capital stock; (e) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to (i) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock or issue, grant, sell, transfer, pledge, dispose of or encumber any additional shares of, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any kind to acquire, any shares of capital stock of any class or of any other such securities or agreements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than (x) issuances of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Company Options or Performance Stock Awards outstanding on the date of this Agreement (y) issuances of Company Stock Options or Company Stock Awards prior to the Effective Time to directors or new employees in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, or (ii) except as required pursuant to the terms of the Company Plans in effect on the date of this Agreement, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any of its capital stock or any other securities or agreements of the type described in clause (i) of this Section 5.1(e) other than pursuant to any “cashless” exercise provisions of existing Company Stock Options; (f) other than (i) as required pursuant to the terms of the Company Plans in effect on the date of this Agreement (ii) as specifically described on Section 5.1(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter or (iii) grants of retention bonuses or adoption of retention plans in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, provided that no such bonuses shall be granted and no awards will be made under any such plans unless the beneficiary thereof agrees to continue his or her employment through the Effective Time and thereafter for a transition period to be determined in the discretion of Parent but not to exceed a time period of 90 days after the Effective Time, and provided further that the aggregate amount of all payments pursuant to such grants, awards or plans after the date hereof shall not exceed $250,000, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (x) grant any increase in the compensation or benefits payable or to become payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any former or current director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than to non-officer employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (y) adopt, enter into, amend or otherwise increase, or accelerate the payment or vesting of the amounts, benefits or rights payable or accrued or to become payable or accrued under, any Company Plan (other than entry into employment agreements with new hires in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; provided that such employment agreement shall be terminable at will, without penalty to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or (z) grant any severance or termination pay to any officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except termination amounts paid to non-contract employees related to termination of such employee’s employment in the Company’s ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (g) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change its methods of accounting (other than Tax accounting, which shall be governed by clause (m) below) in effect as of the date of this Agreement, except in accordance with changes in GAAP as concurred to by the Company’s independent auditors; (h) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to (i) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice acquire any Person or other business organization, division or business by merger, consolidation, purchase of an equity interest or assets, or by any other manner, or (ii) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or pursuant to agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement and set forth in Section 5.1(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter, acquire any assets; (i) other than the sale or consumption of inventory and Hydrocarbons in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or the sale of any assets pursuant to agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement and set forth in Section 5.1(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter or the sale of obsolete or other Company Assets that are to be replaced or discontinued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or agree to sell, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any material Company Assets and shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to sell, lease exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or agree to sell, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of any material Company Assets; (j) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, grant any security interest in, or otherwise subject to any other Lien other than Permitted Liens, any of the Company Assets; (k) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) except as set forth in clause (ii) below, and except for payment of current accounts payable in the ordinary course of business, pay, discharge or satisfy any claims (including claims of stockholders), liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise) where such payment, discharge or satisfaction would require any payment except for the payment, discharge or satisfaction of liabilities or obligations in accordance with the terms of agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement or entered into after the date of this Agreement in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and not in violation of this Agreement, in each case to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound and except for any payments, discharges or settlements that do not exceed $2,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate, or (ii) compromise, settle, grant any waiver or release relating to any Litigation, other than settlements or compromises of litigation where the amount paid or to be paid does not exceed $2,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate; (l) other than the ordinary advance or reimbursement of expenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any transaction with (except pursuant to agreements in effect at the time of this Agreement and set forth in Section 3.9(a) or 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter), or enter into any agreement, arrangement, or understanding with, directly or indirectly, any of the Company’s affiliates; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this clause (l), the term “affiliates” shall not include any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the directors and executive officers thereof; (m) except as set forth in Section 5.1(m) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or change any material Tax election, change any material method of Tax accounting, grant any material extension of time to assess any Tax or settle any Tax claim, amend any Return in any material respect or settle or compromise any material Tax liability; (n) the Company shall not intentionally, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to intentionally, take any action that would, or could reasonably be expected to, result in any of its representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement becoming untrue in a manner that would give rise to the failure of the closing condition set forth in Section 6.3(a); (o) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Merger or with respect to an inactive wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company) or any agreement relating to an Acquisition Proposal, except as provided for in Section 5.3; (p) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) incur or assume any long-term debt, other than any advances, loans or other obligations under the Company Credit Agreement, (ii) incur or assume any short-term Indebtedness other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or any short-term Indebtedness under the Company Credit Agreement, (iii) modify the terms of any Indebtedness to increase the Company’s obligations with respect thereto, provided that the Company may increase the amount outstanding under the Company Credit Agreement and provided further that in addition to any obligations permitted by this section, the Company may incur long-term, short-term or increases in its obligation under existing debt under items (i), (ii) and (iii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000, (iv) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company), except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in no event exceeding $2,000,000 individually, (v) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (other than to wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company), or by such Subsidiaries to the Company, other than customary loans or advances to employees in accordance with past practice, or (vi) enter into any material commitment or transaction, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and except as otherwise authorized in Sections 5.2(b), 5.2(h) and 5.2(i); (q) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement, understanding or commitment that materially restrains, limits or impedes the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ability to compete with or conduct any business or line of business, including geographic limitations on the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ activities (other than confidentiality agreements and area of mutual interest agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (r) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, modify or amend in any material respect, or terminate, any material contract to which it is a party or waive in any material respect or assign any of its material rights or claims; (s) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, fail to maintain in full force and effect its existing insurance policies or insurance with respect to its assets and businesses against such liabilities, casualties, risks and contingencies as is customary in the domestic or applicable foreign oil and gas exploration industry; and (t) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into an agreement, contract, commitment or arrangement to do any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.1 to the contrary, the Company shall not intentionally, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to intentionally, enter into any transaction or take any other action that would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse impact on, or materially delay, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

  • Investments and Acquisitions No Loan Party will (i) make or suffer to exist any Investments (including without limitation, loans and advances to, and other Investments in, Subsidiaries), or commitments therefor, (ii) create any Subsidiary, (iii) become or remain a partner in any partnership or joint venture, or (iv) make any Acquisition, except: (a) Cash Equivalent Investments, subject to control agreements in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders or otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders; (b) Investments in Subsidiaries existing as of the Effective Date; (c) other Investments in existence on the Effective Date and described in Schedule 6.20; (d) Investments consisting of loans or advances made to employees of such Loan Party on an arms-length basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices for travel and entertainment expenses, relocation costs and similar purposes up to a maximum of $250,000 to any employee and up to a maximum of $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; (e) subject to Sections 4.2(a) and 4.4 of the Security Agreement, Investments comprised of notes payable, or stock or other securities issued by Account Debtors to such Loan Party pursuant to negotiated agreements with respect to settlement of such Account Debtor’s Accounts in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practices, or acquired as a result of the bankruptcy or reorganization of such Account Debtor; (f) additional Investments in Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries which are Loan Parties; (g) Permitted Acquisitions and the formation of Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower or PHI in connection with a Permitted Acquisition; (h) other Investments not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; (i) Investments in any existing or future, direct or indirect, Subsidiary which exists for the sole purpose of obtaining and holding a license which the Borrower deems necessary or advisable for its business; provided that (i) the total Investment in such Subsidiary does not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate for any one such Subsidiary or $200,000 in the aggregate for all such Subsidiaries and (ii) if the failure to have such license could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Subsidiary holding such license shall be a Guarantor; (j) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries not to exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and (k) the creation and capitalization of CaptiveCo by Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries and Investments in CaptiveCo by Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries including (i) the initial capitalization of CaptiveCo related to the establishment thereof as a captive insurance company and/or (ii) ongoing capital contributions by Parent, the Borrower or such Subsidiary as may be required to satisfy applicable capital requirements with respect to CaptiveCo (which amounts described in this clause (ii) shall include the aggregate value of applicable insurance claims projected by Parent, the Borrower and their advisors to be filed in a future period), in each case, to be made in accordance with customary practice in the insurance industry and applicable laws, rules and regulations.

  • Management and Operations of Business Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all powers to control and manage the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be vested exclusively in the General Partner; the Limited Partner shall not have any power to control or manage the Partnership.

  • Permitted Acquisitions (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section 9.14 and the requirements contained in the definition of Permitted Acquisition, the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may from time to time after the Closing Date effect Permitted Acquisitions, so long as (in each case except to the extent the Required Lenders otherwise specifically agree in writing in the case of a specific Permitted Acquisition): (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the consummation of the proposed Permitted Acquisition or immediately after giving effect thereto and (ii) at the time of the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period for which Section 9.01 Financials were required to have been delivered, does not exceed 5.25 to 1.00; provided that the aggregate consideration paid by the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with Permitted Acquisitions consummated from and after the Closing Date where the Acquired Entity or Business does not become a Credit Party or owned by a Credit Party, shall not exceed the sum of (x) the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets (measured at the time of such Permitted Acquisition is consummated), plus (y) the Available Amount. (b) At the time of each Permitted Acquisition involving the creation or acquisition of a Restricted Subsidiary, or the acquisition of Equity Interests of any Person, the Equity Interests thereof created or acquired in connection with such Permitted Acquisition shall be pledged for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to (and to the extent required by) the Pledge Agreement; provided that the pledge of the outstanding capital stock of any FSHCO or Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC directly owned by the Lead Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Credit Party shall be limited to (x) no more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the total combined voting power for all classes of the voting Equity Interests of such FSHCO or Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC and (y) one-hundred percent (100%) of the non-voting Equity Interest of such FSHCO or Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, no FSHCO, Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC, or Subsidiary of a CFC shall be required to pledge any of its assets in connection with any such Permitted Acquisition. (c) Each Borrower shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) which is formed to effect, or is acquired pursuant to, a Permitted Acquisition to comply with, and to execute and deliver all of the documentation as and to the extent required by, Section 9.12, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent. (d) The consummation of each Permitted Acquisition shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by each Borrower that the certifications pursuant to this Section 9.14 are true and correct in all material respects and that all conditions thereto have been satisfied and that same is permitted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, which representation and warranty shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty for all purposes hereunder, including, without limitation, Sections 8 and 11. (e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Lead Borrower has made a LCT Election pursuant to Section 1.03 in respect of a Permitted Acquisition, then any determination of compliance with the provisions of Section 9.14(a)(i) and 9.14(d) shall be made effective as of the date of entering the definitive agreement for such Permitted Acquisition.

  • Loans, Acquisitions and Guaranties Loan, invest in or advance money or assets to any other person, enterprise or entity, (2) purchase, create or acquire any interest in any other enterprise or entity, or (3) incur any obligation as surety or guarantor other than in the ordinary course of business.