Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness Clause Samples
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Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any other Restricted Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or enter into any transaction the economic effect of which is substantially similar to any Restricted Payment, except (i) Holdings and the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to their capital stock payable solely in additional shares of their respective common stock, (ii) Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower) may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their capital stock, (iii) Holdings may make Restricted Payments, not exceeding $3,000,000 during any fiscal year, pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries; (iv) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result from the making of such payment, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings at such times and in such amounts as shall be necessary to permit Holdings to discharge, to the extent permitted hereunder, its permitted liabilities; (v) on and after the Leverage Target Date, Holdings may declare and pay dividends in cash with respect to its convertible preferred stock outstanding as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in an amount not exceeding $40,000,000 in any fiscal year and the Borrower may declare and pay dividends to Holdings to permit Holdings to declare and pay such dividends and (vi) at any time after the consummation of the Structured Note Financing, the Borrower may declare and pay a dividend to Holdings so long as (x) the aggregate amount of such dividend shall not exceed the principal amount of the Structured Note Bridge Indebtedness outstanding at the time such dividend is paid plus accrued interest thereon, (y) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (z) immediately upon receipt thereof, Holdings shall apply all of the proceeds of such dividend to repay in full the Structured Note Bridge Indebtedness then outstanding.
(b) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make, directly or indirectly, any voluntary payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any High Yield Notes, any Qualifying Holdings Debt or any Qualifying Borrower Indebtedness (collectively "Specified Indebtedness"),...
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (i) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that (A) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower, (B) any Restricted Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions with respect to its Equity Interest, or make other Restricted Payments in respect of its Equity Interests, in each case ratably to the holders of such Equity Interests (or, if not ratably, on a basis more favorable to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), (C) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments, not exceeding $5,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower, pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (with any unused amount available in the following fiscal year only), (D) the Borrower may repurchase Equity Interests (i) upon the exercise of stock options, deferred stock units and restricted shares to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such stock options, deferred stock units or restricted shares and (ii) in connection with the withholding of a portion of the Equity Interests granted or awarded to a director or an employee to pay for the taxes payable by such director or employee upon such grant or award, (E) the Borrower may make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares representing insignificant interests in the Borrower in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock in the Borrower, (F) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may declare and make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $80,000,000 in any fiscal year in respect of dividends on the Borrower’s common stock, (G) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date such dividend is declared (or, in the case of a Restricted Payment that is necessary or advisable (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) for the consummation of a Limited Condition Acquisition, no Default exists as of the date the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition...
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) Neither Holdings, Intermediate Holdings nor any Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary, to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(i) Each Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to Intermediate Holdings, a Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in the case of any such Restricted Payment by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Borrower, such Restricted Payment is made to Intermediate Holdings, such Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests;
(ii) payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters’ or appraisal rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets (other than with respect to the Transactions) that complies with Section 6.03;
(iii) Holdings and any Intermediate Holdings may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests of such Person;
(iv) Restricted Payments made in connection with or in order to consummate the Transactions (including, without limitation, (A) cash payments to holders of Equity Interests of Target as provided by the Acquisition Agreement, (B) Restricted Payments to direct and indirect parent companies of Holdings to finance a portion of the consideration for the Acquisition and (C) other payments with respect to working capital adjustments or otherwise, to the extent contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement); provided that the earnout contemplated by Exhibit F to the Acquisition Agreement shall not be permitted on the basis of this clause (iv));
(v) repurchases of Equity Interests in Holdings (or Restricted Payments by Holdings to allow repurchases of Equity Interest in any direct or indirect parent of Holdings) or Intermediate Holdings deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants or other incentive interests if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such stock options or warrants or other incentive interest;
(vi) Restricted Payments to Holdings which Holdings may use to redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase its Equity Interests (or any options, warrants, restricted stock units or stock appreciation rights or other equity-linked interests issued with respect to any of such Equity Interests) (or make Restr...
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or enter into any transaction that has a substantially similar effect or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except (i) the Borrowers may declare and pay dividends with respect to its common stock payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, and, with respect to its preferred stock, payable solely in additional shares of such preferred stock or in shares of its common stock, (ii) so long as there exists no Event of Default, the Borrowers may, to the extent required by law, repurchase fractional shares of Borrowers’ Equity Interests up to an aggregate repurchase total for all fractional shares repurchased of $500,000, (iii) the Borrowers may issue its common stock pursuant to the Borrowers’ stock option plan existing on the Effective Date, (iv) so long as there exists no Event of Default, during the period beginning on the Effective Date and continuing to and including the Maturity Date, the Borrowers may purchase shares of Borrowers’ Equity Interests up to an aggregate purchase total for all shares repurchased of $3,000,000; and (v) the Borrowers may declare and pay dividends so long as there exists no Event of Default.
(b) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Indebtedness, except:
(i) payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01, other than payments in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(iii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 6.01; and
(iv) payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness.
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) The Parent Borrower shall not pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except that:
(i) the Parent Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the extent necessary to permit any Parent Company:
(A) to pay general operating and compliance costs and expenses (including corporate overhead, legal or similar expenses and customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers and/or consultants of any Parent Company), in each case, which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, plus any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors, officers, members of management, managers, employees or consultants of any Parent Company, in each case, to the extent attributable to the ownership or operations of any Parent Company (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the portion of any such amount, if any, that is attributable to the ownership or operations of any subsidiary of any Parent Company other than the Parent Borrower and/or its subsidiaries), the Parent Borrower and/or its subsidiaries;
(B) to pay franchise, excise and similar Taxes, and other fees, Taxes and expenses, required to maintain the organizational existence of such Parent Company;
(C) to pay customary salary, bonus, long-term incentive, severance and other benefits (including payment to certain service providers of the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity plan (whether in the form of options, cash settled options or otherwise)) payable to Permitted Payees, as well as applicable employment, social security or similar taxes in connection therewith, to the extent such salary, bonuses, severance and other benefits are attributable and reasonably allocated to the operations of the Parent Borrower and/or its subsidiaries, in each case, so long as such Parent Company applies the amount of any such Restricted Payment for such purpose;
(D) to pay audit and other accounting and reporting expenses of such Parent Company to the extent attributable to any Parent Company (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the portion of any such expenses, if any, attributable to the ownership or operations of any subsidiary of any Parent Company other than the Parent Borrower and/or its subsidiaries), the Parent Borrower and its subsidiaries;
(E) for the payment of insurance premiums to the extent attributable to any Parent Company (but excluding, for the avoidan...
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) Holdings will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(i) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (and, in the case of any such Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary, to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary ratably based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests);
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) [reserved];
(iv) [reserved];
(v) repurchases of Equity Interests in Holdings or any Parent Entity (or make Restricted Payments to allow repurchases of Equity Interest in Holdings any Parent Entity) deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants or other incentive interests if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such stock options or warrants or other incentive interests;
(vi) Holdings may redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase its Equity Interests (or any options, warrants, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights or other equity-linked interests issued with respect to any of such Equity Interests) or make Restricted Payments to allow any of its Parent Entities to so redeem, retire, acquire or repurchase their Equity Interests (or any options, warrants, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights or other equity-linked interests issued with respect to any of such Equity Interests), in each case, held by current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors, employees, independent contractors or other service providers (or their respective spouses, former spouses, domestic partners, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) of Holdings or any Parent Entity thereof and the Restricted Subsidiaries, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or service of, or breach of restrictive covenants by, any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any stock option or stock appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee stock ownership or incentive plan, stock subscription plan, stock subscription or equity incentive award agreement, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement; provided that, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (vi) after the Closing Date shall not exceed the greater of $10,000,000 and 5.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Perio...
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) No Loan Party will declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except (i) each Loan Party may declare and pay dividends with respect to its common stock payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, and, with respect to its preferred stock, payable solely in additional shares of such preferred stock or in shares of its common stock; (ii) any Loan Party (other than KAC) may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests; (iii) any Loan Party may make Restricted Payments to any other Loan Party that is its direct parent; (iv) KAC may settle stock options and warrants in common stock of KAC upon conversion; and (v) KAC may make Restricted Payments in an unlimited amount if the Payment Condition is satisfied.
(b) No Loan Party will make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Indebtedness, except:
(i) payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(iii) Finance Lease Obligations permitted by Section 6.1(a)(v);
(iv) any prepayment of Indebtedness in connection with the cancellation, termination or unwinding of any Permitted Commodity Swap Agreement or Hedge Agreement permitted pursuant to Section 6.7; and
(v) if the Payment Condition is satisfied, repayments of subordinated intercompany Indebtedness and prepayments or repurchases of Indebtedness, each in an unlimited amount.
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except (i) the Borrower may purchase or redeem its capital stock as long as no Default exists or would result therefrom (including, any Default arising as a result of the violation of Section 7.01), (ii) Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their capital stock, and (iii) Subsidiaries may make payment in respect of preferred Equity Interest issued under the permissions of Section 6.01(b) when such payments become due.
(b) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Indebtedness, except:
(i) payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of the Subordinated Debt prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(iii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 6.01;
(iv) payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness; and
(v) Subsidiaries may make payment in respect of preferred Equity Interest issued under the permissions of Section 6.01 (b) when such payments become due.
(c) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall enter into or be party to, or make any payment under, any Synthetic Purchase Agreement (other than the Equity Forward Agreement and any other Synthetic Purchase Agreement entered into in compliance with Section 6.01(a)(xiii)) unless (i) in the case of any Synthetic Purchase Agreement related to any Equity Interest, (A) the payments required to be made thereunder are limited to the $1,000,000 and (B) the obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries thereunder are subordinated to the Indebtedness and other obligations arising hereunder and under the other Loan Documents on terms s...
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except (i) Holdings may declare and pay distributions with respect to its common Equity Interests payable solely in additional common Equity Interests, and, with respect to its preferred Equity Interests, payable solely in additional preferred or common Equity Interests, (ii) the US Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings, and the UK Borrower may pay dividends to Pipe (which may in turn pay dividends in a like amount to EMCayman which may in turn pay dividends in a like amount to Holdings) to the extent necessary to permit Holdings to (A) purchase Holdings’ Equity Interests from present or former directors, officers or employees of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such director, officer or employee, provided, that the aggregate amount of payments under this clause (A) subsequent to the Closing Date (net of any proceeds received by Holdings and contributed to the US Borrower and the UK Borrower (indirectly, through Pipe and EMCayman), as applicable, subsequent to the Closing Date in connection with resales of Equity Interests so purchased) shall not exceed $2,000,000, (B) pay management fees to the JCP Parties expressly permitted by Section 6.09; and (C) pay corporate overhead expenses and other expenses incurred in the ordinary course of the operation of Holdings business (which operation shall be in compliance with Section 6.03), (iii) so long as no Default has occurred which is continuing, Holdings may declare and pay partnership distributions in accordance with its partnership agreement from dividends paid by the US Borrower, UK Borrower, Pipe and EMCayman in compliance with clauses (iv) and (v) of this Section 6.08(a), so long as, (A) no Default has occurred or is continuing or would result after giving effect to such distribution, (B) immediately after giving effect to such distribution Aggregate Availability is not less than $40,000,000 and (C) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (after giving effect to such distribution) would not be less than 1.10 to 1 for the most recently completed Fixed Charge Coverage Calculation Period assuming that for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for such period such distribution occurred on the first day of such period, (iv) the US Bo...
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