The Merger and Related Acquisitions Sample Clauses
The Merger and Related 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).
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.
Acquisition Transactions The Company shall provide the holder of this Warrant with at least twenty (20) days’ written notice prior to closing thereof of the terms and conditions of any of the following transactions (to the extent the Company has notice thereof): (i) the sale, lease, exchange, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or business, or (ii) its merger into or consolidation with any other corporation (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), or any transaction (including a merger or other reorganization) or series of related transactions, in which more than 50% of the voting power of the Company is disposed of.
Consummation of Acquisition Concurrently with the making of the initial Loans, (i) the Buyer shall have purchased pursuant to the Acquisition Documents (no provision of which shall have been amended or otherwise modified or waived in a manner that is materially adverse to the Lenders’ interests) without the prior written consent of the Agents), and shall have become the owner, free and clear of all Liens, of all of the Acquisition Assets, (ii) the proceeds of the initial Loans shall have been applied in full to pay a portion of the Purchase Price payable pursuant to the Acquisition Documents for the Acquisition Assets and the closing and other costs relating thereto, and (iii) the Buyer shall have fully performed all of the obligations to be performed by it under the Acquisition Documents.
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.