Advances, Investments and Loans JCC Holding will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Investment, except that the following shall be permitted:
(a) JCC Holding and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold Cash and Cash Equivalents, it being understood and agreed that the provisions of this clause (a) do not authorize JCC Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to transfer Cash or Cash Equivalents to any other such Person;
(b) JCC Holding and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold accounts receivable owing to any of them, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary terms;
(c) JCC Holding and its Subsidiaries may enter into Interest Rate Protection Agreements to the extent permitted in Section 5.12(c);
(d) JCC Holding may make Investments in the Company (so long as all such Investments in the Company are common equity investments) and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries from the net cash proceeds of issuances of Qualified Equity Interests of JCC Holding;
(e) the Company may make loans to any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary which has been released from its Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to Section 10.5, which has transferred assets pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.5(b), or which is a Subsidiary of any Unrestricted Subsidiary described in this parenthetical), to (i) pay property and franchise taxes, if any, and (ii) to pay pre-development and/or development costs; provided that (A) no amounts shall be loaned pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this cause (e) more than three Business Days before the date of the use of such amounts by the respective Unrestricted Subsidiary to make the payments in respect of which the loans are being made and (B) the aggregate amount of loans made for the purposes described in this clause (e) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $1,500,000 in any fiscal year (with the amount so loaned in each case to determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs in respect of the amounts so loaned); provided that any amounts up to $1,000,000 not spent in fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 may be carried over to fiscal year ended December 31, 2002; and
(f) the Unrestricted Subsidiaries may make Investments in JCC Holding or any Unrestricted Subsidiaries, provided, that any loans or advances to JCC Holding shall be subordinated pursuant to an agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L.
Investments and Loans No Company shall: (a) create, acquire or hold any Subsidiary, (b) make or hold any investment in any stocks, bonds or securities of any kind, (c) be or become a party to any joint venture or other partnership, (d) make or keep outstanding any advance or loan to any Person, or (e) be or become a Guarantor of any kind; provided, that this Section shall not apply to:
(i) any endorsement of a check or other medium of payment for deposit or collection through normal banking channels or similar transaction in the normal course of business;
(ii) any investments in cash or Cash Equivalents;
(iii) the holding of Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 7.1 hereto as of the Closing Date;
(iv) intercompany loans to the extent permitted under Section 5.8(d);
(v) any advance or loan to an officer, director or employee of a Company made in the ordinary course of such Company’s business, so long as all such advances and loans from all Companies aggregate not more than the maximum principal sum of $25,000 at any time outstanding;
(vi) the creation, acquisition or holding of any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary so long as such Subsidiary is in compliance with Section 5.22 of this Agreement;
(vii) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) investments by Borrowers in Hedge Agreements other than for speculative purposes;
(ix) investments acquired by Borrowers (a) in exchange for any other investment held by Borrowers in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other investment or (b) as a result of the foreclosure by Borrowers with respect to any secured investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured investment in default;
(x) investments, loans and guaranties described on Schedule 5.11 hereto and any renewal or replacement thereof;
(xi) investments that constitute Restricted Payments permitted under Section 5.20 hereof;
(xii) Investments in Capital Expenditures to the extent permitted hereunder;
(xiii) guaranties permitted under Section 5.8 hereof;
(xiv) contributions of capital by any Credit Party to any other Credit Party until such time as Agent or the Required Lenders directs the Credit Parties during the existence of a Default or Event of Default, that no such contribution of capital may be made; or
(xv) other investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000.
The Commitments and Loans Section 2.01 Commitments 53 Section 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans 53 Section 2.03 Letters of Credit 56 Section 2.04 Swing Line Loans 63 Section 2.05 Prepayments 66 Section 2.06 Scheduled Repayment of Loans 68 Section 2.07 Termination and Reduction of Revolving Facility Commitments 68 Section 2.08 Interest 69 Section 2.09 Fees 69 Section 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees 71 Section 2.11 Evidence of Debt 72 Section 2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback 72 Section 2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders 74 Section 2.14 Incremental Loans 75 Section 2.15 Defaulting Lenders 77 Section 2.16 Cash Collateral 80 Section 2.17 Agent Advances; Overadvances 81 Section 2.18 Settlement 82 Section 3.01 Taxes 84 Section 3.02 Illegality 88 Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates 88 Section 3.04 Increased Costs 89 Section 3.05 Compensation for Losses 91 Section 3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 91 Section 3.07 Survival 92
Commitments and Loans Prior to the Restatement Effective Date, certain term loans were previously made to the Borrowers and certain revolving loans were previously made to the Borrowers as “Dollar Tranche Revolving Loans” and “Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Loans” under the Existing Credit Agreement which remain outstanding as of the Restatement Effective Date (such outstanding loans being hereinafter referred to as the “Existing Loans”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree that on the Restatement Effective Date the Existing Loans shall be re-evidenced as Initial Term Loans and Revolving Loans that are “Dollar Tranche Revolving Loans” and “Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Loans”, as the case may be, under this Agreement and the terms of the Existing Loans shall be restated in their entirety and shall be evidenced by this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a) each Dollar Tranche Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Dollar Tranche Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in Dollars from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Dollar Tranche Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Dollar Tranche Commitment or (ii) the sum of the total Dollar Tranche Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the aggregate Dollar Tranche Commitments, (b) each Multicurrency Tranche Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in Agreed Currencies from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of such Lender’s Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Multicurrency Tranche Commitment, (ii) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of the Dollar Amount of the total Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the aggregate Multicurrency Tranche Commitments or (iii) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of the Dollar Amount of the total Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Credit Exposures, in each case denominated in Mexican Pesos, exceeding $500,000,000 and (c) each Additional Term Lender with an Additional Term Loan Commitment (severally and not jointly) agrees to make an Additional Term Loan to the Company in Dollars and to LKQ Netherlands in euro, in each case, on the Restatement Effective Date in an amount equal to the amount of such Lender’s applicable Additional Term Loan Commitment by making immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent’s designated account, not later than the time specified by the Administrative Agent. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Dollar Tranche Revolving Loans and Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
Loans from Partners Loans by a Partner to the Partnership shall not constitute Capital Contributions. If any Partner shall advance funds to the Partnership in excess of the amounts required hereunder to be contributed by it to the capital of the Partnership, the making of such excess advances shall not result in any increase in the amount of the Capital Account of such Partner. The amount of any such excess advances shall be a debt obligation of the Partnership to such Partner and shall be payable or collectible only out of the Partnership assets in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such advances are made.
Subordinated Loans to FINRA Members To the Company’s knowledge, no Company Affiliate has made a subordinated loan to any Member.
Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests Except as provided in this Section 4.2 or in Section 4.3, the Partners shall have no right or obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The General Partner may contribute additional capital to the Partnership, from time to time, and receive additional Partnership Interests in respect thereof, in the manner contemplated in this Section 4.2.
LOANS, ADVANCES, INVESTMENTS Make any loans or advances to or investments in any person or entity, except any of the foregoing existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the date hereof.
Loans, Advances and Investments Neither the Seller nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall make any loan (other than Mortgage Loans), advance, or capital contribution to, or investment in (including any investment in any Restricted Subsidiary, joint venture or partnership), or purchase or otherwise acquire any of the capital stock, securities, ownership interests, or evidences of indebtedness of, any Person (collectively, “Investment”), or otherwise acquire any interest in, or control of, another Person, except for the following:
(a) Cash Equivalents;
(b) Any acquisition of securities or evidences of indebtedness of others when acquired by the Seller in settlement of accounts receivable or other debts arising in the ordinary course of its business, so long as the aggregate amount of any such securities or evidences of indebtedness is not material to the business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Seller;
(c) Mortgage Notes acquired in the ordinary course of the Seller’s business;
(d) Investment in any existing Affiliate or any Subsidiary (including Investments by the Seller in CH Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company) or JV; provided that (i) at the time any such investment is made and immediately thereafter, the Seller and the Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with all covenants set forth in the Repurchase Documents and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the aggregate outstanding amount of all such Investments shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time;
(e) Loans to officers or employees in an aggregate amount not to exceed $300,000; and
(f) Investments in companies in the business of originating and servicing mortgage loans so long as such Investment is a direct equity investment and so long as such Investment does not cause a breach of any other covenant (affirmative or negative) hereunder.
Loans; Investments Make or suffer to exist any loans, guaranties, advances, or investments (“Investments”), except:
(a) accounts receivable in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business;
(b) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(c) [reserved];
(d) temporary advances to cover incidental expenses to be incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Investments in joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing and similar arrangements customary in Borrower’s industry and which do not require Borrower to assume or otherwise become liable for the obligations of any third party not directly related to or arising out of such arrangement or, without the prior written consent of Lender, require Borrower to transfer ownership of non-cash assets to such joint venture or other entity;
(f) Investments in (i) one or more wholly-owned domestic Subsidiaries of Borrower, so long as in accordance with Section 6.14(a) of this Agreement, each such Person has been made a co-borrower hereunder or has executed and delivered to Lender an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, containing a guaranty of the Obligations, and (ii) subject to Section 6.14(d), one or more wholly-owned foreign Subsidiaries of Borrower with the prior written consent of Lender;
(g) Investments approved by Lender prior to the Closing Date as shown on Schedule 6.6;
(h) Investments accepted in connection with Transfers permitted by Section 6.5;
(i) non-cash loans approved by Borrower’s Board of Directors to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrower pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved by Borrower’s Board of Directors, limited to an aggregate total of $150,000 at any time outstanding;
(j) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business;
(k) Investments permitted under Section 6.11;
(l) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions to, customers and suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
(m) endorsements of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(n) deferred purchase obligations accepted in connection with Permitted Transfers; and
(o) Investments by wholly owned Subsidiaries in other wholly owned Subsidiaries or in Borrower.
