Acquisitions and Investments Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary of Borrower to, make or suffer to exist any Investments (including without limitation, loans and advances to, and other Investments in, Subsidiaries of Borrower), or commitments therefor, or become or remain a partner in any partnership or joint venture, or to make any Entity Acquisition of any Person, except:
(i) Cash Equivalents;
(ii) Investments in existing Subsidiaries of Borrower, Investments in Subsidiaries of Borrower formed for the purpose of developing or acquiring industrial properties, or Investments in existing or newly formed joint ventures and partnerships engaged solely in the business of purchasing, developing, owning, operating, leasing and managing industrial properties;
(iii) transactions permitted pursuant to Section 6.12;
(iv) Investments permitted pursuant to Section 6.23; and
(v) Entity Acquisitions of Persons whose primary operations consist of the ownership, development, operation and management of industrial properties; provided that, after giving effect to such Entity Acquisitions and Investments, Borrower continues to comply with all its covenants herein. Entity Acquisitions permitted pursuant to this Section 6.15 shall be deemed to be “Permitted Acquisitions”.
Investments; Acquisitions Holdings and Company shall not, and shall not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including any Joint Venture, or acquire, by purchase or otherwise, all or substantially all the business, property or fixed assets of, or Capital Stock of, any Person, or any division or line of business of any Person except:
(i) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(ii) the Loan Parties may make and own Investments in Company and the Guarantors may make and own Investments in Company and other Guarantors and Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors may make and own Investments in Company and Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors;
(iii) Company and its Subsidiaries may make intercompany loans and advances to the extent permitted under subsections 7.1(iii) and 7.1(vi);
(iv) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may consummate the Merger and make related Investments in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement;
(v) Company and its Subsidiaries may make Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted by the First Lien Credit Agreement;
(vi) Company and its Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by them and described in Schedule 7.3 annexed hereto, including any modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof which does not increase the amount thereof;
(vii) Company and its Subsidiaries may make Permitted Acquisitions; provided that (a) no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time such acquisition occurs or after giving effect thereto, (b) Company shall be in Pro Forma Compliance (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date without giving effect to any waiver by lenders under the First Lien Credit Agreement of covenants in the First Lien Credit Agreement on which Pro Forma Compliance is based) after giving effect thereto, (c) Company and Holdings shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries to, comply with the requirements of subsections 6.8 and 6.9 with respect to each such acquisition that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary and (d) the aggregate fair market value of all direct and indirect Investments in Persons that do not become Guarantors resulting from all such acquisitions shall not exceed in the aggregate $12,500,000;
(viii) Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may make and own equity Investments in their respective wholly owned Foreign Subsidiaries; provided that the amount of all such Investments constituting equity Investments made from and after the Closing Date minus the amount of all cash dividends, distributions and other payments actually received by Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of such equity investments after the Closing Date (the “Net Foreign Equity Investment Amount”) shall not at any time exceed the excess of (x) $12,500,000, minus (y) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under subsection 7.1(vi);
(ix) Holdings and Company may acquire and hold obligations of one or more officers or other employees of Holdings or its Subsidiaries in connection with such officers’ or employees’ acquisition of shares of its Capital Stock, so long as no cash is actually advanced by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to such officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;
(x) Company and its Subsidiaries may receive and hold promissory notes and other noncash consideration received in connection with any Asset Sale permitted by subsection 7.6;
(xi) Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may make and own other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time (x) $18,000,000 plus (y) the Specified Equity Amount;
(xii) Company and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in connection with the workout, bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) Company and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments consisting of lease, utility and other deposits or advances in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) [Reserved];
(xv) Company and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(xvi) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may enter into Hedge Agreements as permitted under subsection 7.1(xi);
(xvii) Company and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of indorsements for collection or deposit;
(xviii) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments consisting of loans and advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business; and
(xix) Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold any Investment existing at the time a Person becomes a Subsidiary of Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to subsection 7.6(viii).
Loans and Investments The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Investments except:
(a) the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries may acquire and hold Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may hold the Investments as set forth on Schedule 8.7(b) hereto;
(c) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make or maintain advances (i) for relocation and related expenses and other advances to their employees in the ordinary course of business and (ii) for any other advances to their employees in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $10,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) at any one time outstanding;
(d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold (i) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable arising from the granting of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and other Persons and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers and other Persons arising in the ordinary course of business;
(e) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make deposits in a customary fashion in the ordinary course of business;
(f) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold debt securities as partial consideration for a sale of assets pursuant to Section 8.3 or 4.4(c) to the extent permitted by any such Section;
(1) the Borrower may make or maintain intercompany loans and advances to any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, (2) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may make or maintain intercompany loans and advances to the Borrower and (3) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may make or maintain intercompany loans and advances to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (including, without limitation, pursuant to Permitted Entrustment Loan Arrangements) (collectively, “Intercompany Loans”), provided, that each Intercompany Loan made by a Foreign Subsidiary or a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary, on the one hand, to the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower, on the other hand, shall contain the subordination provisions set forth on Exhibit 8.7(g);
(i) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Investments after the Tenth Amendment Effective Date in the Capital Stock of Persons that are Foreign Subsidiaries and may capitalize or forgive any Indebtedness owed to them by a Foreign Subsidiary (treating such capitalization or forgiveness as an Investment for purposes of this subclause (i)); provided, that the aggregate outstanding amount of such Investments pursuant to this subclause (i) (excluding Investments consisting solely of the contribution of the Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary organized in a jurisdiction acceptable to Administrative Agent and the Investment described on Schedule 8.7(h)) shall not exceed an aggregate outstanding amount equal to the sum of $300,000,000 (increasing to $400,000,000 on the Rockwood Acquisition Closing Date) plus the aggregate amount contributed to Foreign Subsidiaries for Acquisitions permitted pursuant to Section 8.7(m), (ii) the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries may make Investments in the Capital Stock of a Person that is a Domestic Subsidiary; provided, that the requirements of Section 7.11 are satisfied and (iii) Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower may make Investments in the Capital Stock of other Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower and may capitalize or forgive any Indebtedness owed to them by a Foreign Subsidiary (treating such capitalization or forgiveness as an Investment for purposes of this clause (iii));
(i) Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower may invest in cash, Cash Equivalents and Foreign Cash Equivalents;
(j) so long as (1) no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default exists either before or after giving effect thereto and (2) the Borrower is in compliance with Section 9.1 both before and after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis (whether or not such Section 9.1 would otherwise be applicable), the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may (i) make any Investment in any Permitted Unconsolidated Venture or in any Unrestricted Subsidiary (provided, that the Borrower shall have complied with Section 7.11(e) in connection with such Investment) consisting of an amount not in excess of the Available Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment Basket; and (ii) solely to the extent such Investment is used by any of ▇▇ ▇▇ Australia Holdings Company LLC, Huntsman Australia Holdings Corp., HCPH Holdings Pty Limited, Huntsman Chemical Australia Unit Trust or their Subsidiaries, make Investments in such entities to permanently prepay Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000.
(k) the Borrower may make intercompany loans to Huntsman Corporation, the proceeds of which shall be utilized by Huntsman Corporation to pay legal, franchise tax, audit, and other expenses directly relating to the administration or legal existence of the Borrower; provided, that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such intercompany loans shall not exceed $3,000,000 at any time outstanding (without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) and which amount shall not include any intercompany loans or advances made or deemed to have been made for any reason in respect of accrued but unpaid interest on any intercompany loans previously made to Huntsman Corporation, including the capitalization thereof;
(l) the Borrower may make Investments in Rubicon and LPC, so long as: (i) the Administrative Agent possesses a valid, perfected Lien on the applicable Credit Party’s interests in such Joint Venture, (ii) such Joint Venture does not have any Indebtedness for borrowed money at any time on or after the date of such Investment other than to the partners in such Joint Venture and (iii) the documentation governing such Joint Venture does not contain a restriction on distributions or loan repayments as applicable, to the Borrower or to the applicable Subsidiary holding the interest in such Joint Venture;
(m) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may purchase all or a significant part of the assets of a business conducted by another Person, make any Investment in any Person which, after the Third Amendment Effective Date as a result of such Investment becomes a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary or, to the extent permitted under Section 8.3, enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with any other Person (any such purchase, Investment or merger, an “Acquisition”); provided, that the consummation of the Rockwood Acquisition shall be subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.5;
(n) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may make Investments in the Receivables Subsidiary and any Participating Subsidiaries prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default under Section 10.1(n) which in the judgment of the Borrower are reasonably necessary in connection with any Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization;
(o) in addition to Investments permitted pursuant to clauses (a) through (n) above, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may make other Investments (A) in an outstanding amount not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate or (B) with Available Equity Proceeds; provided, that in each case the Borrower shall have complied to the extent applicable with Section 7.11 in connection with such Investment; and provided further, that the Borrower may not make or own any investment in margin stock;
(p) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may make Unrestricted Investments constituting Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 8.4(b); provided, that, the Borrower shall have complied to the extent applicable with Section 7.11 in connection with such Unrestricted Investments; and provided further, that the Borrower may not make or own any investment in margin stock; and
(q) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may make loans and advances to their respective customers in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $10,000,000.
Investments, Acquisitions, Loans and Advances The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to (i) directly or indirectly, make, retain or have outstanding any investments (whether through the purchase of stock or obligations or otherwise) in any Person, real property or improvements on real property, or any loans, advances, lines of credit, mortgage loans or other financings (including pursuant to sale/leaseback transactions) to any other Person, or (ii) acquire any real property, improvements on real property or all or any substantial part of the assets or business of any other Person or division thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent, with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any of the following:
(a) investment in Cash Equivalents;
(b) investments existing or contemplated on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.8 hereto;
(c) investments in derivatives and h▇▇▇▇▇ made in the ordinary course of the such Person’s business in connection with managing risk for which the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (and not for speculative purposes) including, without limitation, Hedging Agreements;
(d) investments in Permitted Acquisitions;
(e) investments by the Borrower in one or more Guarantors or by a Guarantor in the Borrower or one or more other Guarantors;
(f) investments in Mortgage Receivables not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
(g) investments in marketable securities available for sale; or
(h) any other investments otherwise approved by the Required Lenders. In determining the amount of investments, acquisitions, loans, and advances permitted under this Section, investments and acquisitions shall always be taken at the book value (as defined in GAAP) thereof, and loans and advances shall be taken at the principal amount thereof then remaining unpaid.
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger or consolidation with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger or consolidation) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any Person or any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit or the rights of any licensee under a trademark license to such licensee from the Company or any of its Affiliates, except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) investments by the Company or a Subsidiary in the capital stock of its Subsidiaries;
(c) loans or advances made by the Company to, and Guarantees by the Company of obligations of, any Subsidiary, and loans or advances made by any Subsidiary to, and Guarantees by any Subsidiary of obligations of, the Company or any other Subsidiary;
(d) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01;
(e) advances or loans made in the ordinary course of business to employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(f) Investments existing on the Effective Date not otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(g) Investments received in connection with the bona fide settlement of any defaulted Indebtedness or other liability owed to the Company or any Subsidiary;
(h) Permitted Acquisitions;
(i) Swap Agreements not entered into for speculative purposes;
(j) Investments in connection with the ownership, development, leasing, acquisition, construction or improvement of the Corporate Headquarters;
(k) Investments in joint ventures in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 2.75% of Total Assets (determined at the time of each such investment by reference to the Company’s financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) or, if prior to the date of the delivery of the first financial statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 3.04(a));
(l) Investments, in addition to Investments permitted under clauses (a) through (j) of this Section 6.04 made after the Effective Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000,000 at any time outstanding in any Person or Persons;
(m) Investments so long as prior to making such Investment and after giving effect (including giving effect on a pro forma basis) thereto (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur and (ii) the Company is in compliance with Section 6.07.