Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments Sample Clauses
The "Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments" clause allows parties to make additional payments or alter the terms of specific debt instruments outside of the original repayment schedule. In practice, this may include prepaying principal, making extra interest payments, or amending interest rates and maturity dates, provided both parties agree to the changes. This clause provides flexibility in managing debt obligations, enabling borrowers and lenders to adapt to changing financial circumstances or take advantage of favorable conditions, thereby reducing rigidity and potential disputes over payment terms.
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. (a) Make or offer to make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of (including any “call,” open market purchase or cash payment in connection with the Borrower’s election to cash settle or “net share” settle in connection with a “conversion” requirement under any Convertible Notes) or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to any Junior Financing except (i) pursuant to Restricted Payments permitted by Section 8.6(f), (g), (h), (i), (k) and (l), (ii) with the proceeds of other Junior Indebtedness pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing or (iii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock that is not permitted hereunder) including payments permitted under Section 8.6(h) in connection therewith; provided that nothing in this Section 8 shall restrict the Group Members from repaying intercompany loans so long as such repayments are in accordance with the terms of the Intercompany Note, if applicable; provided further that with respect to the Convertible Notes,
(A) the 2026 Convertible Notes may be converted into the right to receive cash in accordance with the conversion provisions of the 2026 Convertible Notes Indenture (and the Borrower may pay cash settlements to the holders of the 2026 Convertible Notes in accordance with the 2026 Convertible Notes Indenture); and
(B) the 2026 Convertible Notes may be redeemed or repurchased in connection with the “call” provisions set forth in Section 3.01 of the 2026 Convertible Notes Indenture pursuant to the terms thereof.
(b) Amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of any Junior Financing other than any amendment that is not (i) materially adverse to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and/or the Secured Parties or (ii) more onerous in any material respect than the existing applicable provisions in the Junior Financing or the applicable provision set forth in this Agreement, in each case as determined by the board of directors (including an authorized committee thereof) of the Borrower in good faith; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall any such amendment, modification or change shorten the maturity or average life to maturity of any Junior Financing (or any Permitted Refinancings thereof), require any payment with respect thereto sooner than previously scheduled, increase th...
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. (a) Make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of, or otherwise voluntarily or optionally defease (i) any Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness then outstanding or (ii) the principal of or interest on, or any other amount owing in respect of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness; provided that (A) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may prepay any Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) with amounts constituting the Available Amount at any time if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 4.50 to 1.00 as of the end of the most recently ended Reference Period, (B) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may prepay any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) with amounts constituting the Available Amount at any time if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 4.50 to 1.00 as of the end of the most recently ended Reference Period, (C) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may refinance, replace or extend any Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness or Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 7.2 and (D) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may convert any Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness or any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) to the Capital Stock of Holdings or any Parent Company, (E) the Borrower may prepay the Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75,000,000 at any time if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 4.00 to 1.00 as of the end of the most recently ended Reference Period and (F) the Borrower may prepay the Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) with the Net Cash Proceeds received from any Equity Issuance by, or capital contribution to, Holdings or the Borrower (which in the case of any such Equity Issuance by the Borrower, is not Disqualified Capital Stock) which, in the case of any such Equity Issuance by, or capital contribution to, Holdings, have been contributed in cash as common equity to the Borrower, in each case to the extent it is not a Specified Equity Contribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7.8 shall prohibit any AHYDO Payments in respect of the Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness or any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness or, in each case, any Permitted Refinanc...
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. (a) Make or offer to make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to any Subordinated Debt; (b) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of any Subordinated Debt if the effect of such amendment, modification, waiver or other change is to increase the interest rate on any Subordinated Debt, change (to earlier dates) any dates on which payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change any event of default or condition to an event of default with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such event of default or increase any grace period related thereto or otherwise make such event of default or condition less restrictive or burdensome on the Borrower), change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof, change the subordination provisions of any Subordinated Debt (or any guarantee thereof), or to increase materially the obligations of the Borrower thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of any Subordinated Debt (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf) that would be adverse in any material respect to any Loan Party or the Lenders, or require the payment of a consent fee; or (c) designate any Indebtedness (other than obligations of the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents) as “Designated Senior Debt” (or any other defined term having a similar purpose) for the purposes of any document governing any Subordinated Debt.
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. In each case without the consent of the Required Lenders (a) make or offer to make any optional or voluntary principal payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to any Qualified Senior Notes, (b) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of any Qualified Senior Notes (other than any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change that (i) would extend the maturity or reduce the amount of any payment of principal thereof or reduce the rate or extend any date for payment of interest thereon and (ii) does not involve the payment of a consent fee), (d) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the First Lien Debt in violation of the Intercreditor Agreement or (e) designate any Debt (other than Obligations of the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents) as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” (or any other defined term having a similar purpose) for the purposes of any Qualified Senior Notes; provided, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any Loan Party may tender for, redeem, prepay and/or refinance Qualified Senior Notes pursuant to the terms of Section 6.02(o) or, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, with proceeds received from cash equity contributions to Borrower by the Sponsor after the Closing Date or the net cash proceeds of Equity Interests issued by the Borrower after the Closing Date.
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. (a) Make or offer to make any payments (other than regularly scheduled payments of principal and interest) under the Valassis Indenture Documents except to the extent permitted by Section 8.6(h), (b) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Valassis Indenture Documents or the Target Note Purchase Documents (other than any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change that (i) would extend the maturity or reduce the amount of any payment of principal thereof or reduce the rate or extend any date for payment of interest thereon and (ii) does not involve the payment of a material consent fee or could not otherwise be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), (c) redeem, retire, defease, purchase or otherwise acquire the Existing Valassis Indebtedness, or set aside or otherwise deposit or invest any sums for such purpose, except to the extent permitted by Section 8.6(h), (d) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Preferred Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change that (i) would extend the scheduled redemption date or reduce the amount of any scheduled redemption payment or reduce the rate or extend any date for payment of dividends thereon and (ii) does not involve the payment of a material consent fee); or (e) designate any Indebtedness (other than obligations of the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents or the Valassis Indenture Documents) as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” (or any other defined term having a similar purpose) for the purposes of the Valassis Indenture Documents or the Target Note Purchase Documents, as the case may be.
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. (a) Make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to any Indebtedness the payment of principal and interest of which and other obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of which are subordinated to the prior payment in full of the obligations hereunder (other than the Senior Subordinated Notes, which may be refinanced with the proceeds of a Permitted Refinancing or an equity issuance of Holdings pursuant to the terms hereof), (b) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of any Indebtedness described in clause (a) (including the Senior Subordinated Notes) (other than any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change that (i) would extend the maturity or reduce the amount of any payment of principal thereof or reduce the rate or extend any date for payment of interest thereon or (ii) could not reasonably be expected to increase the obligations of the obligor or confer additional rights on the holder of such subordinated Indebtedness, in each case, in a manner reasonably expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; or (c) designate any Indebtedness (other than obligations of the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents) as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” (or any other defined term having a similar purpose) for the purposes of the indenture governing the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof.
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. Make or offer to make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to any subordinated Indebtedness.
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. (a) Make or offer to make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to any Junior Indebtedness (any of the foregoing, a “Restricted Debt Payment”) other than:
(i) refinancings of Junior Indebtedness with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted in respect thereof under Section 7.2;
(ii) payments of or in respect of Junior Indebtedness made solely with Qualified Capital Stock or the conversion of any Junior Indebtedness into Qualified Capital Stock;
(iii) prepayments of intercompany Junior Indebtedness permitted hereunder owed by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that no prepayment of any Junior Indebtedness owed by any Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be permitted so long as a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(iv) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Restricted Debt Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed from and after the Closing Date the greater of (i) $35,000,000 and (ii) 21% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Reference Period; provided that amounts available for Restricted Debt Payments under this Section 7.8(a)(iv) may be reallocated, without duplication, to make Investments pursuant to Section 7.7(u);
(v) Restricted Debt Payments in an amount equal to the Available Amount on such date; provided that, with respect to any such Restricted Debt Payment made under the Available Amount Grower Prong, (i) no Event of Default under clauses (a) or (f) of Section 8 shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) at the time of the making of any such Restricted Debt Payments and immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Debt Payments, the Cash Interest Coverage Ratio for the Applicable Reference Period, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, shall not be less than 2.00 to 1.00; and
(vi) in addition to the other Restricted Debt Payments permitted by this Section 7.8 and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Restricted Debt Payments if, at the time of making such Restricted Debt Payment and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio for the Applicable Reference Period, calculated o...
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. The Borrower will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to make or offer to make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease any Indebtedness, or amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms relating to the payment or prepayment of principal of or interest on, any such Indebtedness (other than any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change that would extend the maturity or reduce the amount of any payment of principal thereof or reduce the rate or extend any date for payment of interest thereon).
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. (a) Make or offer to make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to the Senior Notes or the Senior Exchangeable Notes; or (b) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Senior Notes or the Senior Exchangeable Notes (other than any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change that would extend the maturity or reduce the amount of any payment of principal thereof or reduce the rate or extend any date for payment of interest thereon).