Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures Create, acquire or otherwise suffer to exist, or permit any Subsidiary of such Borrower to create, acquire or otherwise suffer to exist, any Subsidiary or joint venture arrangement not in existence as of the date hereof, except in connection with a Permitted Acquisition.
Mergers, Subsidiaries, Etc Except as otherwise permitted under Sections 6.2 or 6.8, no Credit Party shall directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, (a) form or acquire any Subsidiary, or (b) merge with, consolidate with, acquire all or substantially all of the assets or Stock of, or otherwise combine with or acquire, any Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) Borrower may acquire all or substantially all of the assets or all of the Stock of any Person (the "Target") (in each case, a "Permitted Acquisition") with the consent of Requisite Lenders or without consent of Agent or Requisite Lenders, but subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(A) Agent shall receive reasonable (and, in any event, not less than 14 days') prior written notice of the expected consummation date of such proposed Permitted Acquisition, which notice shall include a reasonably detailed description of such proposed Permitted Acquisition;
(B) such Permitted Acquisition shall only involve assets located in the United States and comprising a business, or those assets of a business, of the type engaged in by Borrower as of the Closing Date and other businesses that, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of Borrower, are reasonably related, ancillary or complimentary thereto, or reasonable extensions thereof, including without limitation the leasing of medical equipment, and which businesses would not subject Agent or any Lender to regulatory or third party approvals in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents other than approvals applicable to the exercise of such rights and remedies with respect to Borrower prior to such Permitted Acquisition;
(C) such Permitted Acquisition shall be consensual and shall have been approved by the Target's board of directors (or comparable governing body);
(D) no additional Indebtedness, Guaranteed Indebtedness, contingent obligations or other liabilities shall be incurred, assumed or shall otherwise be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and Target after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition, except (x) Indebtedness otherwise permitted under Section 6.3, (y) Guaranteed Indebtedness otherwise permitted under Section 6.6 and (z) ordinary course trade payables and accrued expenses of the Target;
(E) the sum of all amounts payable in connection with any single Permitted Acquisition (including all transaction costs and all Indebtedness, liabilities and contingent obligations incurred or assumed in connection therewith or otherwise reflected in a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and Target) shall not exceed $5,000,000, and the sum of such amounts for all Permitted Acquisitions in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed $15,000,000;
(F) the business and assets acquired in such Permitted Acquisition shall be free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances);
(G) Concurrently with delivery of the notice referred to in clause (A) above, Borrower shall have delivered to Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent:
Subsidiaries, Etc (a) Set forth in Part A of Schedule III hereto is a complete and correct list, as of the date hereof, of all of the Subsidiaries of the Company, together with, for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) each Person holding ownership interests in such Subsidiary and (iii) the nature of the ownership interests held by each such Person and the percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary represented by such ownership interests. Except as disclosed in Part A of Schedule III hereto, (x) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of Liens (other than Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents), and has the unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding ownership interests in each Person shown to be held by it in Part A of Schedule III hereto, (y) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Person organized as a corporation is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (z) there are no outstanding Equity Rights with respect to such Person.
(b) Set forth in Part B of Schedule III hereto is a complete and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all Investments (other than Investments disclosed in Part A of said Schedule III hereto) held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any Person (other than Investments which are Permitted Investments or deposits maintained with banks in the ordinary course of business) and, for each such Investment, (x) the identity of the Person or Persons holding such Investment and (y) the nature of such Investment. Except as disclosed in Part B of Schedule III hereto, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents), all such Investments.
Subsidiaries, Partnerships and Joint Ventures Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to own or create directly or indirectly any Subsidiaries other than (i) any Subsidiary which has joined this Agreement as Guarantor on the Closing Date; and (ii) any Domestic Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Closing Date which joins this Agreement as a Borrower or as a Guarantor, and, to the extent not resulting in material adverse tax consequences, any Foreign Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Closing Date which joins this Agreement as a Borrower or as a Guarantor, in each case by delivering to the Administrative Agent (A) a signed Borrower Joinder or Guarantor Joinder, as appropriate; (B) documents in the forms described in Section 6.1 [First Loans] modified as appropriate; (C) documents necessary to grant and perfect the Prior Security Interests to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in the equity interests of, and Collateral held by, such Subsidiary; and (D) such diligence materials in respect of such Subsidiary (including, without limitation, “know your customer”, liens, ERISA and labor matters) as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. Each of the Loan Parties shall not become or agree to become a party to a Joint Venture other than Permitted Investments and other investments permitted pursuant to Section 7.2.4 [Loans and Investments]. For purposes of clarity, any Subsidiary organized under the laws of Canada or any political subdivision thereof that is formed or acquired by the Canadian Borrower after the Closing Date shall join this Agreement as a Guarantor of the Canadian Liabilities in accordance with the terms of this Section 7.2.9.
Subsidiaries of the Company The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement.
Subsidiaries; Investments Borrower does not own any stock, partnership interest or other equity securities except for Permitted Investments.
Organization; Subsidiaries (a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and corporate authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted or presently proposed to be conducted. To the Company's Knowledge, the Company is duly qualified and licensed as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing (and has paid all relevant franchise or analogous taxes) in each jurisdiction where the character of its assets owned or held under lease or the nature of its business makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company owns, either directly or indirectly through one or more of its Subsidiaries, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens, except those Liens pursuant to the credit and other loan agreements existing as of the date hereof. There are no outstanding subscription rights, options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities or other rights of any character whatsoever relating to issued or unissued capital stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary, or any commitments of any character whatsoever relating to issued or unissued capital stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary or pursuant to which any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue or grant additional shares of its capital stock or other equity interests or related subscription rights, options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities or other rights, or to grant preemptive rights.
(c) Each Subsidiary is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, business association or other Person duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (in jurisdictions where such concept is recognized) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. To the Company's Knowledge, each Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified and licensed as a foreign corporation or other business entity to do business and is in good standing (and has paid all relevant franchise or analogous taxes) in each jurisdiction where the character of its assets owned or held under lease or the nature of its business makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure of one or more Subsidiaries to be so qualified or licensed, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Inactive Subsidiaries The Inactive Subsidiaries do not (a) have assets with an aggregate book value in excess of $1,000,000, (b) have revenue in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate and (c) conduct any business activities.
Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries The Borrower will take such action, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to take such action, from time to time as shall be necessary to ensure that all new Subsidiaries are guarantors of the Secured Obligations and that all of the equity and material assets of all Subsidiaries are subject to a valid and enforceable first priority Lien securing the Secured Obligations, subject to no other Lien except Permitted Liens, provided, however, that the NY Mortgages shall secure the Term Loans only. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall form or acquire any new Subsidiary (which it shall only do in conformity with the provisions of this Agreement and only if no Default or Event of Default shall then be in existence or caused thereby), the Borrower, contemporaneously with the formation or acquisition of such new Subsidiary: (i) will execute and deliver, and shall cause the holders of any equity interests not owned by the Borrower to execute and deliver, such documents as shall be necessary to cause all of the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary to be duly pledged (on a first-priority perfected basis) to secure the Secured Obligations; (ii) will cause such new Subsidiary to execute and deliver a Subsidiary Suretyship (or a joinder thereto), joinders to the Security Agreement and Pledge Agreement, UCC-1 financing statements, and such other documents as may be necessary to cause such new Subsidiary to be a guarantor of the Secured Obligations and its material assets to be pledged to secure such guaranty; (iii) will cause such new Subsidiary to deliver such proof of corporate action, incumbency of officers, opinions of counsel and other documents as is consistent with those delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1 (Conditions to Effectiveness) upon the Closing Date or as the Agent shall have reasonably requested, and to take such other action as the Agent shall request to perfect the security interest in the Capital Stock and material assets of such new Subsidiary created pursuant to the Loan Documents; and (iv) if such new Subsidiary is the owner or lessee of real estate, the Borrower shall cause such Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 7.28 (Real Property). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be required to cause BCS LLC to comply with the provisions of this Section 7.27 unless the Agent requests that the Borrower cause BCS LLC to comply with such provisions and then, only to the extent requested by the Agent, provided, however, unless and until the Agent shall have requested that BCS LLC become a Loan Party and guaranty the Secured Obligations and pledge some or all of its assets to secure such guaranty as provided in this Section 7.27, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (without duplication), (i) transfer (whether by way of sale, loan, lease, gift, disposition, merger, sale of equity or otherwise) any asset to BCS LLC except in exchange for cash consideration equal to the fair market value of the asset transferred, (ii) make any Investment in BCS LLC or provide any Guaranty of or otherwise become liable for any obligations of BCS LLC, (iii) provide services to BCS LLC except in exchange for cash compensation equal to the value of the services provided, (iv) co-mingle any funds or other assets with BCS LLC, or (v) engage in any other transaction with BCS LLC on terms that are not at least as favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, as it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party; except that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may (x) make the initial investment in BCS LLC as is described in the definition of BCS Acquisition, (y) purchase or repay some or all of the debt described in the definition of BCS Acquisition so long as the purchase or repayment is for no more than the aggregate principal amount of such debt, together with the amount of accrued interest and fees thereon, and (z) purchase goods or services from BCS LLC on terms that are at least as favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, as it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party.
Company Subsidiaries; Equity Interests (a) The Company Disclosure Letter lists each Company Subsidiary and its jurisdiction of organization. Except as specified in the Company Disclosure Letter, all the outstanding shares of capital stock or equity investments of each Company Subsidiary have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are as of the date of this Agreement owned by the Company, by another Company Subsidiary or by the Company and another Company Subsidiary, free and clear of all Liens.
(b) Except for its interests in the Company Subsidiaries, the Company does not as of the date of this Agreement own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock, membership interest, partnership interest, joint venture interest or other equity interest in any person.
