Acquisitions and Investments Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary of Borrower to, make or suffer to exist any Investments (including without limitation, loans and advances to, and other Investments in, Subsidiaries of Borrower), or commitments therefor, or become or remain a partner in any partnership or joint venture, or to make any Entity Acquisition of any Person, except: (i) Cash Equivalents; (ii) Investments in existing Subsidiaries of Borrower, Investments in Subsidiaries of Borrower formed for the purpose of developing or acquiring industrial properties, or Investments in existing or newly formed joint ventures and partnerships engaged solely in the business of purchasing, developing, owning, operating, leasing and managing industrial properties; (iii) transactions permitted pursuant to Section 6.12; (iv) Investments permitted pursuant to Section 6.23; and (v) Entity Acquisitions of Persons whose primary operations consist of the ownership, development, operation and management of industrial properties; provided that, after giving effect to such Entity Acquisitions and Investments, Borrower continues to comply with all its covenants herein. Entity Acquisitions permitted pursuant to this Section 6.15 shall be deemed to be “Permitted Acquisitions”.
Equity Investments Equity Investments, which, to the extent constituting Stock other than common Stock, shall be on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners to the extent material to the interests of the Lenders, in an amount not less than the Minimum Equity Amount shall have been made.
Loans and Investments Each of the Loan Parties shall not and shall not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, at any time make or suffer to remain outstanding any loan or advance to, or purchase, acquire or own any stock, bonds, notes or securities of, or any partnership interest (whether general or limited) or limited liability company interest in, or any other investment or interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person, except: (a) (i) trade credit extended on usual and customary terms in the ordinary course of business, (ii) bank deposits in the ordinary course of business, (iii) endorsement of negotiable instruments held for collection in the ordinary course of business and (iv) lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business; (b) advances to employees to meet expenses incurred by such employees in the ordinary course of business; (c) (i) cash and Permitted Investments, (ii) investments by any Loan Party in Equity Interests in their respective Subsidiaries existing as of the Effective Date, and (iii) other investments, advances and loans existing on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 6.04; (d) loans, advances and investments to, or in, the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (e) investments in Swap Agreements as permitted by Section 6.01(f); (f) Permitted Acquisitions, including Subsidiaries acquired pursuant to Permitted Acquisitions and investments of such Subsidiaries at the time of their respective Acquisition pursuant to Permitted Acquisitions; (g) ownership of equity interests or securities acquired in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or as security for any such Indebtedness or claim; (h) Guarantees permitted by Section 6.03; (i) any other investment, loan or advance (other than Acquisitions) so long as the aggregate amount of all such investments, loans and advances does not exceed $20,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; and (j) loans, advances and investments (other than Acquisitions) not otherwise permitted by any of the foregoing, provided that immediately prior to and after giving effect (including giving effect on a pro forma basis) to any such loan, advance or investment (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom and (ii) the Borrower is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.14 and 6.15.
Investments; Acquisitions Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its 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) Company and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments consisting of Cash and Cash Equivalents; provided that, at any time Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans are outstanding, the aggregate amount of Cash and Cash Equivalents permitted to be owned by Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries shall not exceed $35,000,000 for any period of five (5) consecutive days; (ii) Company and its Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by them as of the Closing Date in the Company and in any Subsidiaries of Company (and may convert any such Investments in the form of Indebtedness into Investments in the form of Capital Stock), and Company and its Subsidiaries may make and own additional Investments in the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; (iii) Company and its Subsidiaries may (a) become liable in respect of Contingent Obligations permitted by subsection 7.4 and (b) make and incur intercompany loans to the extent permitted under subsection 7.1(v); (iv) Company and its Subsidiaries may make Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted by subsection 7.8; (v) Company and its Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments described in Schedule 7.3A annexed hereto (and may make incremental Investments contemplated in connection therewith) and any extension or renewal thereof; provided that any additional Investments made with respect thereto shall be permitted only to the extent such Investments are described on Schedule 7.3A or made in accordance with the other provisions of this subsection 7.3; (vi) Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire any business, division, line or assets (including Capital Stock and including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries formed in connection with any such acquisition) for an aggregate purchase price (determined at the time of purchase thereof) not in excess of $75,000,000 in any individual case (provided that such amount may be increased by the amount of any Net Securities Proceeds from the issuance of any Capital Stock, Net Asset Sale Proceeds or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds used to fund such purchase price in accordance with this Agreement, subject, however, to the provisions of subsections 2.4B(iii) and 6.4C hereof (and, with respect to any such Net Securities Proceeds, solely to the extent such Net Securities Proceeds are not applied to increase the limit under subsection 7.8)), and continue to own such assets after the acquisition thereof; 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 immediately after giving effect thereto, (b) Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, comply with the requirements of subsections 6.8 and 6.9 (within the time period required thereunder or within such other time period as Administrative Agent may permit in its sole discretion) with respect to each such acquisition that results in a Person becoming a Material Subsidiary, (c) all representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such acquisition (both before and after giving effect thereto), unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, (d) for any such acquisitions Company shall have provided (I) financial statements for any Person (or line of business) acquired in any such acquisition for the last Fiscal Year of such Person or line of business, audited or reviewed by independent certified public accountants reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent or such other financial statements, in each case, available to Company and (II) to Administrative Agent a pro-forma Compliance Certificate certified by a Financial Officer of Company and demonstrating that after giving effect to such acquisition, Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, and (e) the amount by which (1) the Revolving Loan Commitment Amount exceeds (2) the Total Utilization of Revolving Loan Commitments after giving effect to such acquisition and any related transactions, is not less than $25,000,000; (vii) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Company and its Subsidiaries may make additional Investments in any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that the amount of all such Investments does not (together with Indebtedness permitted by subsection 7.1(v)) exceed $100,000,000 (net of cash amounts paid by any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor after the Closing Date in respect of (A) Investments made in such Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor and (B) the share capital of such Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, including, without limitation, cash payments that are comprised of dividends, share repurchases, share redemptions or other cash returns on such share capital) in the aggregate outstanding at any time for all such Investments; (viii) Company and its Subsidiaries may make and own other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $25,000,000; (ix) Company may acquire and hold obligations of one or more officers or other employees of Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with such officers’ or employees’ acquisition of shares of Company’s Capital Stock, so long as no cash is actually advanced by Company 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 non-cash consideration received in connection with any Asset Sale permitted by subsection 7.7; (xi) Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold Investments in Securities in connection with the full or partial satisfaction, settlement or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims or other obligations due or owing to Company or any of its Subsidiaries or as security for any such Indebtedness or claim; (xii) any transaction permitted by subsections 7.5 or 7.7; (xiii) deposits, prepayments and extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business; (xiv) Company and its Subsidiaries may make the Investments described in Schedule 7.3B annexed hereto; provided that the aggregate fair market value of such Investments (as determined as of the date each such Investment is made) shall not exceed $42,000,000; and (xv) Investments by Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in any of their respective Subsidiaries (1) consisting of Capital Stock and/or intercompany notes made to achieve cash repatriation strategies or (2) the consideration for which is the cancellation or other settlement of any corresponding intercompany Indebtedness incurred in connection with Investments permitted pursuant to the foregoing clause (1), in each case so long as the net cash Investment by Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor in connection therewith does not (a) exceed zero after the tenth day following the making of such cash Investment and (b) in any event exceed $50,000,000 (taken together with the amount of all other cash Investments then outstanding under this subsection 7.3(xv)) at any time.
Equity Investment “Equity Investment” shall mean pursuant to IRC § 45D(b)(6) and 26
Investments and Acquisitions Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding, acquire, commit itself to acquire or hold any Investment (including any Investment consisting of the acquisition of any business) (or become contractually committed to do so) except for the following: (a) Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (a) which are domestic Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement or (b) which become domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and become Guarantors to the extent required by Section 10.09; provided, however, that the aggregate book value of all assets (other than intercompany obligations) owned by Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed $10,000,000. (b) Intercompany loans and advances from any Subsidiary to the Company or any Guarantor that, in the case of loans or advances from Foreign Subsidiaries, are subordinated to the Obligations in accordance with the Foreign Subsidiary Subordination Agreement. (c) Investments in Cash Equivalents. (d) Guarantees permitted by Section 6.06. (e) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, and so long as the Company (if the Company is party thereto) or a Guarantor (if the Company is not party thereto) is the surviving entity, the Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire another entity in the same line of business as the Company as described in Section 6.02(a) if: (i) at all times when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.50 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed acquisition as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) for which financial reports have been (or are required to have been) furnished to the Lenders in accordance with Sections 6.04(a) or 6.04(b), the purchase price for all such acquisitions permitted pursuant to this clause (e)(i) does not exceed, except with the consent of the Required Lenders, $100,000,000 in cash (excluding consideration consisting of Capital Stock, the proceeds of the issuance of Capital Stock or Subordinated Indebtedness) in the aggregate over the term of the Agreement; (ii) at all times when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed acquisition as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) for which financial reports have been (or are required to have been) furnished to the Lenders in accordance with Sections 6.04(a) or 6.04(b), the Company and its Subsidiaries may make unlimited acquisitions; provided, however that in the event a transaction permitted pursuant to this clause (e)(ii) would, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto, cause the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to exceed 2.50, the portion of the cash purchase price with respect to such transaction attributed to causing the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to be greater than 2.50 shall only be permitted to be paid to the extent the Company has sufficient availability in the $100,000,000 basket set forth in clause (e)(i) to take into account such excess amount; provided, further, that with respect to any acquisition permitted pursuant to this Section 6.08(e)(ii), (i) the acquisition must be approved by the target entity’s board of directors, (ii) the Company must be in compliance with the Computation Covenants immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, (iii) the acquired entity must not have any environmental liabilities which, after giving effect to such acquisition, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) any Subsidiary acquired under this Section 6.08(e) (other than (a) a Foreign Subsidiary or (b) any Immaterial Subsidiary if the aggregate book value of the assets (other than intercompany obligations) of all Immaterial Subsidiaries acquired under this Section 6.08(e) since the Closing Date does not exceed $10,000,000) shall guarantee the Obligations, as contemplated by Section 10.09. (f) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, the Company and its Subsidiaries may make (i) Investments in Unrestricted Affiliates engaged in businesses contemplated by Section 6.02(a) and (ii) Investments consisting of contributions of Property to Unrestricted Affiliates, in an aggregate amount for all such Investments permitted pursuant to this clause (f) (calculated at net book value at the time of such Investment), when taken together with the aggregate amount of all Dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 6.10(e), not to exceed $100,000,000. (g) Loans or advances to employees of the Company in an amount not to exceed (i) $1,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time for the purchase of capital stock of the Company and (ii) $5,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time for all other purposes. (h) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in foreign Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that other than with respect to Investments outstanding as of the Closing Date as described on Schedule 6.08(h), (i) such Investments shall not involve the transfer of substantial noncash assets from the Company and its domestic Subsidiaries to its Foreign Subsidiaries other than up to $35,000,000 in book value of foreign patents and foreign trademarks; and (ii) net cash Investments of the Company and its domestic Subsidiaries in Foreign Subsidiaries made pursuant to this Section 6.08(h) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $125,000,000 in the aggregate. (i) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, and provided that the Company complies with Section 10.09, the Company may create a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that constitutes a holding company for the Company’s European Subsidiaries.
Investment Assets Those assets of the Fund as the Advisor and the Fund shall specify in writing, from time to time, including cash, stocks, bonds and other securities that the Advisor deposits with the Custodian and places under the investment supervision of the Sub-Advisor, together with any assets that are added at a subsequent date or which are received as a result of the sale, exchange or transfer of such Investment Assets.
Permitted Investments At any time, any one or more of the following obligations and securities:
Loans, Investments, Etc Each Borrower and each Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make, or suffer or permit to exist, any loans or advance money or property to any Person, or any investment in (by capital contribution, dividend or otherwise) or purchase or repurchase the Capital Stock or Indebtedness or all or a substantial part of the assets or property of any Person, or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except: (a) the endorsement of instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business; (b) investments in cash or Cash Equivalents so long as the terms and conditions of Section 5.2 hereof shall have been satisfied with respect to the deposit account or investment account in which such cash or Cash Equivalents are held; provided, however, such cash or Cash Equivalents must be held in a savings or investment account which is subject to Administrative and Collateral Agent’s first priority perfected security interest if any Revolving Loans or Term Loans are then outstanding; (c) the existing equity investments of each Borrower and each Guarantor as of the date hereof in their respective Subsidiaries, provided, that, no Borrower or Guarantor shall have any obligation to make any other investment in, or loans to, or other payments in respect of, any of such Subsidiaries; (d) stock or obligations issued to any Borrower or any Guarantor by any Person (or the representative of such Person) in respect of Indebtedness of such Person owing to such Borrower or such Guarantor in connection with the insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership or reorganization of such Person or a composition or readjustment of the debts of such Person; provided, that, the original of any such stock or instrument having a principal amount in excess of $1,000,000 evidencing such obligations shall be promptly delivered to Administrative and Collateral Agent, upon Administrative and Collateral Agent’s request, together with such stock power, assignment or endorsement by such Borrower or such Guarantor as Administrative and Collateral Agent may request; (e) obligations of account debtors to any Borrower or any Guarantor arising from Accounts which are past due evidenced by a promissory note made by such account debtor payable to such Borrower or such Guarantor; provided, that, promptly upon the receipt of the original of any such promissory note by such Borrower or such Guarantor having a principal amount in excess of $1,000,000, such promissory note shall be endorsed to the order of Administrative and Collateral Agent by such Borrower or such Guarantor and promptly delivered to Administrative and Collateral Agent as so endorsed; (f) the loans and advances set forth on Schedule 9.10 hereto; provided, that, as to such loans and advances, (i) Borrowers and Guarantors shall not, directly or indirectly, amend, modify, alter or change the terms of such loans and advances or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto and (ii) Borrowers and Guarantors shall furnish to Administrative and Collateral Agent all notices or demands in connection with such loans and advances either received by any Borrower, any Guarantor or on any of their behalf, promptly after the receipt thereof, or sent by any Borrower, any Guarantor or on any of their behalf, concurrently with the sending thereof, as the case may be; (g) loans and advances by any Borrower or any Guarantor to officers and employees of such Borrower or such Guarantor so long as such loans are made in the ordinary course of such Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s business and with respect to activities arising from such persons employment by such Borrower or such Guarantor; (h) loans and advances by BlueLinx to BlueLinx Building Products Canada Ltd., a company organized under the laws of British Columbia, not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and (i) Permitted Acquisitions; provided, however, in the case of a Permitted Acquisition which is an Asset Acquisition, the assets acquired by any Borrower shall not be included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base until the Administrative and Collateral Agent shall have had the opportunity to perform a field examination and appraisal through its examiners or through representatives that it may retain in order to determine the eligibility of such assets for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base; (j) any Borrower may form an Acquisition Subsidiary so long as; (i) Administrative Borrower provides Administrative and Collateral Agent with prior written notice of the formation of any Acquisition Subsidiary; (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the formation of such Acquisition Subsidiary; (iii) Administrative and Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Bank Product Providers, shall be granted a first priority security interest (subject to the security interests, mortgages, pledges, liens, charges and other encumbrances otherwise permitted under Section 9.8 hereof) in all assets (including any Capital Stock) of such Acquisition Subsidiary and such Borrower shall cause such Acquisition Subsidiary to execute any documents and take all actions that may be required under applicable law or that Administrative and Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect such security interest, all in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative and Collateral Agent; and (iv) either (A) such Borrower shall cause such newly formed Acquisition Subsidiary to execute a (1) general continuing guaranty in favor of Administrative and Collateral Agent, for itself and the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Bank Product Providers, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative and Collateral Agent, and (2) a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative and Collateral Agent, whereby such newly formed Acquisition Subsidiary acknowledges and agrees that it is a “Guarantor” hereunder; or (B) such newly formed Acquisition Subsidiary shall execute a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative and Collateral Agent, whereby such newly formed Acquisition Subsidiary acknowledges and agrees that it is a “Borrower” hereunder subject to the terms hereunder and subject to such newly formed Acquisition Subsidiary and Borrowers executing such documentation requested by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
The Investment Account; Eligible Investments (a) Not later than the Withdrawal Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw or direct the withdrawal of funds in the Custodial Accounts for P&I, for deposit in the Investment Account, in an amount representing: (i) Scheduled installments of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans received or advanced by the applicable Servicers which were due on the related Due Date, net of the Servicing Fees due the applicable Servicers and less any amounts to be withdrawn later by the applicable Servicers from the applicable Buydown Fund Accounts; (ii) Payoffs and the proceeds of other types of liquidations of the Mortgage Loans received by the applicable Servicer for such Mortgage Loans during the applicable Payoff Period, with interest to the date of Payoff or liquidation less any amounts to be withdrawn later by the applicable Servicers from the applicable Buydown Fund Accounts; and (iii) Curtailments received by the applicable Servicers in the Prior Period. At its option, the Master Servicer may invest funds withdrawn from the Custodial Accounts for P&I, as well as any Buydown Funds, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds previously received by the Master Servicer (including amounts paid by the Company in respect of any Purchase Obligation or its substitution obligations set forth in Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 or in connection with the exercise of the option to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01) for its own account and at its own risk, during any period prior to their deposit in the Certificate Account. Such funds, as well as any funds which were withdrawn from the Custodial Accounts for P&I on or before the Withdrawal Date, but not yet deposited into the Certificate Account, shall immediately be deposited by the Master Servicer with the Investment Depository in an Investment Account in the name of the Master Servicer and the Trust for investment only as set forth in this Section 3.03. The Master Servicer shall bear any and all losses incurred on any investments made with such funds and shall be entitled to retain all gains realized on such investments as additional servicing compensation. Not later than the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deposit such funds, net of any gains (except Payoff Earnings) earned thereon, in the Certificate Account. (b) Funds held in the Investment Account shall be invested in (i) one or more Eligible Investments which shall in no event mature later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date (except if such Eligible Investments are obligations of the Trustee, such Eligible Investments may mature on the Distribution Date), or (ii) such other instruments as shall be required to maintain the Ratings.
