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.
Advances, Investments and Loans The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to make loans or advances to, guarantee any obligations of, or make, retain or have outstanding any investments (whether through purchase of Equity Interests or debt obligations) in, any Person or enter into any partnerships or joint ventures, or purchase or own a futures contract or otherwise become liable for the purchase or sale of currency or other commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures contract (all of the foregoing, collectively, “investments”), except that this Section shall not prevent:
(a) investments constituting receivables created in the ordinary course of business;
(b) investments in Cash Equivalents;
(c) investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of a Person and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, a Person arising in the ordinary course of business;
(i) the Borrower’s equity investments from time to time in its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (ii) investments made from time to time by a Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or one (1) or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of any such investments made by any Loan Party in any Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party plus any intercompany advances by a Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party permitted by Section 6.17(e) hereof shall not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (measured as of the date of such investment and based upon the financial statements most recently delivered on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.1, but giving effect to any Specified Transaction occurring thereafter and on or prior to the date of determination);
(e) intercompany advances (including in the form of a guarantee for the benefit of such Person) made from time to time from (i) the Borrower to any one (1) or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) from one (1) or more Restricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower and (iii) from one (1) or more Restricted Subsidiaries to one (1) or more Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of any such advances made by a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party plus any equity investments by any Loan Party in any Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party permitted by Section 6.17(d) hereof shall not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (measured as of the date of such advance and based upon the financial statements most recently delivered on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.1, but giving effect to any Specified Transaction occurring thereafter and on or prior to the date of determination);
(f) other investments (including investments in joint ventures or similar entities that do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries), in each case, as valued at the fair market value of such investment at the time each such investment is made, in an aggregate amount for all such investments under this clause (f) that, at the time such investment is made, would not exceed the sum of (i) the greater of $75.0 million and 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (measured as of the date of such investment and based upon the financial statements most recently delivered on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.1, but giving effect to any Specified Transaction occurring thereafter and on or prior to the date of determination) plus (ii) the amount of any returns of capital, dividends or other distributions received in connection with such investment (not to exceed the original amount of the investment);
(g) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Borrower (or its direct or indirect parent company) or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for reasonable and customary business related travel expenses, entertainment expenses, moving expenses and similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and advances of payroll payments to employees, consultants or independent contractors or other advances of salaries or compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors, in each case in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate amount of such loan in advance outstanding at any time shall not exceed $10.0 million;
(h) investments in Hedge Agreements permitted by Section 6.14(a) and (b);
(i) investments received upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured investment;
(j) investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(k) guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than Capital Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute indebtedness for borrowed money, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Permitted Acquisitions;
(m) investments in Restricted Subsidiaries for the purpose of consummating transactions permitted under Section 6.16(n) or any Permitted Acquisition;
(n) investments permitted under Sections 6.14, 6.15, 6.16 and 6.18;
(o) other investments, loans and advances in addition to those otherwise permitted by this Section in an amount not to exceed (i) the greater of $225.0 million and 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (measured as of the date of such investments, loans or advances and based upon the financial statements most recently delivered on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.1, but giving effect to any Specified Transaction occurring thereafter and on or prior to the date of determination) plus (ii) the Growth Amount in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(p) investments consisting of consideration received in connection with any disposition or other transfer made in compliance with Section 6.16;
(q) other investments, loans and advances existing as of the Second Restatement Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.17 (as the same may be renewed, refinanced or extended from time to time);
(r) investments made by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent such investments are made with the proceeds received by such Restricted Subsidiary from an investment made by a Loan Party in such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 6.17;
(s) investments the sole consideration for which is Equity Interests of Holdco (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdco) or, following the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering of the Borrower, the Borrower;
(t) [Reserved];
(u) intercompany advances made by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent company to effectuate a Distribution permitted by either (i) Section 6.18(f)(x) or (ii) Section 6.18(m), in each case, in lieu of making a Distribution in such permitted amounts; and
(v) additional investments by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that on the date of consummation of such investment or, at the Borrower’s election to the extent such investment is made in connection with an Acquisition, on the date of the signing of any acquisition agreement with respect thereto, (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) after giving effect thereto the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio does not exceed 5.25:1.00 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been or were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b)).
Capital Contributions and Capital Accounts (a) The capital contributions of each party shall be all amounts paid by it pursuant to the Agreement. With respect to each oil and gas property and the related assets subject to the Agreement, each party shall be treated as having contributed to the tax partnership an amount of cash equal to such party's share of any Lease acquisition or other property costs and the tax partnership shall be treated as having purchased such property from the party to whom such amounts are paid.
(b) An individual capital account shall be maintained for each party in accordance with the following:
(i) The capital account of each party shall, except as otherwise provided herein, be (A) credited by the amount of cash and fair market value of any property contributed to the tax partnership (net of any liabilities assumed by the parties hereto or to which such property is subject at the time of contribution) as provided in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph 4, and (B) credited with the amount of any item of taxable income or gain and the amount of any item of income or gain exempt from tax allocated to such party.
(ii) The capital account of each party shall be debited by (A) the amount of any item of tax deduction or loss allocated to such party, (B) such party's allocable share of expenditures not deductible in computing taxable income and not properly chargeable as capital expenditures, including any non-deductible book amortizations of capitalized costs, and (C) the amount of cash or the fair market value of any property (net of any liabilities assumed by such party or to which such property is subject at the time of distribution) distributed to such party (after making the adjustment provided in subparagraph (b)(iii) in this paragraph 4).
(iii) Immediately prior to any distribution of property that is not pursuant to a liquidation of the tax partnership, the parties' capital accounts shall be adjusted by assuming that the distributed assets were sold for cash at their respective fair market values as of the date of distribution and crediting or debiting each party's capital account with its respective share of the hypothetical gains or losses resulting from such assumed sales determined in the same manner as gains or losses provided for under paragraphs 4(b)(iv) and 6 for actual sales of such properties.
(iv) The allocation of basis prescribed by Section 613A(c)(7)(D) of the Code and provided for in paragraph 6 hereinbelow and each party's depletion deductions shall not reduce such party's capital account, but such party's capital account shall be decreased by an amount equal to the product of (A) the depletion deductions that would otherwise be allocable to the tax partnership in the absence of Section 613A(c)(7)(D) of the Code (computed without regard to any limitations which theoretically could apply to any party) and (B) such party's percentage share of the adjusted basis of the property with respect to which such depletion is claimed (herein called "Simulated Depletion"). The tax partnership's basis in any oil or gas property, as adjusted from time to time for Simulated Depletion, is herein called "Simulated Basis." No party's capital account shall be decreased, however, by Simulated Depletion deductions attributable to any depletable property to the extent such deductions exceed such party's remaining Simulated Basis in such property. Upon the sale or other disposition of an interest in a depletable property, each party's capital account shall be credited with the gain ("Simulated Gain") or debited with the loss ("Simulated Loss") determined by subtracting from its allocable share of the amount realized on such sale or disposition its Simulated Basis, as adjusted by Simulated Depletion.
(v) Any adjustments of basis of property provided for under Sections 734 and 743 of the Code and comparable provisions of state law (resulting from an election under Section 754 of the Code or comparable provisions of state law) shall not affect the capital accounts of the parties, and the parties' capital accounts shall be debited or credited as if no such election had been made unless otherwise required by applicable Treasury Regulations.
(vi) Capital accounts shall be adjusted, in a manner consistent with subparagraph (b) of this paragraph 4, to reflect any adjustments in items of income, gain, loss or deduction that result from amended returns filed by the tax partnership or pursuant to an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service or a final court decision.
(vii) In the case of property contributed to the tax partnership by a party, the parties' capital accounts shall be debited or credited for items of depreciation, Simulated Depletion, amortization and gain or loss with respect to such property computed in the same manner as such items would be computed if the adjusted tax basis of such property were equal to its fair market value on the date of its contribution to the tax partnership, in lieu of the capital account adjustments provided above for such items, all in accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code and Treasury Regulation 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g).
Capital Contributions Capital Accounts The capital contribution of the Sole Member is set forth on Annex A attached hereto. Except as required by applicable law, the Sole Member shall not at any time be required to make additional contributions of capital to the Company. The capital accounts of the members shall be adjusted for distributions and allocations made in accordance with Section 8.
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.
Capital Contributions of the Partners (a) The General Partner and Initial Limited Partner have made the Capital Contributions as set forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement.
(b) To the extent the Partnership acquires any property by the merger of any other Person into the Partnership or the contribution of assets by any other Person, Persons who receive Partnership Interests in exchange for their interests in the Person merging into or contributing assets to the Partnership shall become Partners and shall be deemed to have made Capital Contributions as provided in the applicable merger agreement or contribution agreement and as set forth in Exhibit A, as amended to reflect such deemed Capital Contributions.
(c) Each Partner shall own Partnership Units in the amounts set forth for such Partner in Exhibit A and shall have a Percentage Interest in the Partnership as set forth in Exhibit A, which Percentage Interest shall be adjusted in Exhibit A from time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to reflect accurately exchanges, additional Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional Partnership Units or similar events having an effect on any Partner’s Percentage Interest.
(d) The number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner, in its capacity as general partner, shall be deemed to be the General Partner Interest.
(e) Except as provided in Sections 4.2 and 10.5, the Partners shall have no obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or provide any additional funding to the Partnership (whether in the form of loans, repayments of loans or otherwise) and no Partner shall have any obligation to restore any deficit that may exist in its Capital Account, either upon a liquidation of the Partnership or otherwise.
Capital Contributions and Accounts 12 4.1 Capital Contributions..........................................................................12 4.2 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests.............12 4.3
Partnership Funds Pending application or distribution, the funds of the Partnership shall be deposited in such bank account or accounts, or invested in such interest-bearing or non-interest bearing investment, including, without limitation, checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit and time or demand deposits in commercial banks, U.S. government securities and securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies as shall be designed by the General Partner. Such funds shall not be commingled with funds of any other Person. Withdrawals therefrom shall be made upon such signatures as the General Partner may designate.
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
