Holdings Sample Clauses

Holdings. Holdings shall not engage in any material operating or business activities; provided that the following and any activities incidental thereto shall be permitted in any event: (1) its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries, including receipt and payment of Restricted Payments and other amounts in respect of Equity Interests, (2) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur and pay, as applicable, fees, costs and expenses and Taxes relating to such maintenance) and the payment of any tax distributions pursuant to Section 7.05(2)(n)(ii)), (3) the performance of its obligations with respect to the Transactions, the Acquisition Agreement, the Loan Documents and any other documents governing Indebtedness permitted hereby, (4) any public offering of its common equity or any other issuance, registration or sale of its Equity Interests, (5) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, receipt and payment of dividends and distributions, making contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries, (6) if applicable, participating in Tax, accounting and other administrative matters on behalf of itself or as a member of any Tax Group and the provision of administrative and advisory services (including treasury and insurance services) to its Subsidiaries of a type customarily provided by a holding company to its Subsidiaries, (7) holding any cash or property (but not operate any property), (8) providing indemnification to officers and directors, (9) merging, amalgamating or consolidating with or into any Person (in compliance with Section 7.03), (10) repurchases of Indebtedness through open market purchases and Dutch auctions, (11) activities incidental to Permitted Acquisitions or similar Investments consummated by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the formation of acquisition vehicle entities and intercompany loans and/or Investments incidental to such Permitted Acquisitions or similar Investments, (12) any transaction with the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent expressly permitted under this Article VII, and (13) any activities incidental or reasonably related to the foregoing.

Holdings. The term "Holdings" shall have the meaning set forth in the preface.

Holdings. Substantially concurrently with any Permitted Holdco Transaction, (i) the Borrower shall cause Holdings to enter into a Holdings Guaranty in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall receive the documentation required under Section 4.01(e) and (f) as if Holdings had been a Guarantor on the Effective Date (provided that references therein to the “Effective Date” shall be deemed references to the effective date of such Holdings Guaranty), (iii) the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall receive all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, (iv) the Borrower shall cause Holdings to deliver to the Administrative Agent any certificates representing the Collateral consisting of all Equity Interests owned by Holdings (other than any Excluded Collateral) and such joinder agreements, amendments and supplements to the relevant Security Documents or such other documents as the Administrative Agent shall deem necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a Lien on all Collateral owned by Holdings (other than Excluded Collateral) and take all actions necessary to cause such Lien to be duly perfected to the extent required by the Security Documents in accordance with all applicable laws and (v) the Administrative Agent shall receive an opinion of counsel for the Borrower (or local counsel to the Administrative Agent to the extent customary in an Applicable Foreign Jurisdiction) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in respect of matters reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent relating to any Holdings Guaranty or any such joinder agreements, amendments and supplements to the Security Documents or additional Security Documents delivered pursuant to this Section, dated as of the date of such Holdings Guaranty, joinder agreements, amendments and supplements or additional Security Documents.

Holdings. From time to time after the Closing Date, Holdings may form one or more new Subsidiaries to become direct or indirect parent companies of the Borrower; provided that, prior to a Qualified IPO, contemporaneously with the formation of the new direct parent company of the Borrower (an “Intermediate Holdings”), such person enters into a supplement to the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement (or, at the option of such person, a new Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement in substantially similar form or such other form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person. Immediately after any Intermediate Holdings complying with the proviso in the foregoing sentence, the Guarantee incurred by the then existing Holdings of the Obligations shall automatically terminate and Holdings shall be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, shall cease to be a Loan Party and any Liens created by any Loan Documents on any assets or Equity Interests owned by Holdings shall automatically be released (unless, in each case, the Borrower shall elect in its sole discretion that such release of Holdings shall not be effective), and thereafter Intermediate Holdings shall be deemed to be Holdings for all purposes of this Agreement (until any additional Intermediate Holdings shall be formed in accordance with this Section 1.09).

Holdings. If a Holdings Election Event shall occur, Holdings shall not (a) other than Indebtedness in respect of loans and advances by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.06, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness unless such Indebtedness (“Holdings Permitted Debt”) (i) is not guaranteed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) will not mature prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date of the Term Loans, (iii) has no scheduled amortization or payments of principal other than mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption provisions customary for holding company debt securities, (iv) does not require any payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the earlier to occur of (A) the date that is four (4) years from the date of the issuance or incurrence thereof and (B) the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date of the Term Loans, (v) has covenant, default and remedy provisions customary for holding company debt securities, but in no event more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those set forth in the Senior Notes Indenture, as of the Closing Date, taken as a whole (determined in the context of, and subject to, then prevailing market conditions), other than provisions customary for senior discount notes of a holding company, (b) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens on the Equity Interests of the Borrower except nonconsensual Liens imposed by operation of law or pursuant to the Loan Documents, and (c) conduct or engage in any operations or business other than through one or more Subsidiaries or those incidental to the performance of its existence and obligations under the Loan Documents or any Holdings Permitted Debt or in connection with a Qualifying IPO or otherwise in a manner consistent with transactions otherwise permitted under Article VII.

Holdings. In the case of Holdings, conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than the following (and activities incidental thereto): (i) its direct ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and its indirect ownership of the Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance), (iii) the performance of its obligations with respect to the Loan Documents, the ABL Facilities, any Senior Notes, any Qualified Holding Company Debt, any Permitted Ratio Debt, any Term Loan Refinancing Debt or the Merger Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (iv) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance of its Equity Interests or any transaction permitted under Section 7.04, (v) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and guaranteeing the obligations of its Subsidiaries in each case solely to the extent permitted hereunder, (vi) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower, (vii) holding any cash or property received in connection with Restricted Payments made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 7.06 pending application thereof by Holdings, (viii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and (ix) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) to (viii) of this Section 7.13.

Holdings. Holdings shall not engage in any trade or business other than as a holding company for its Subsidiaries, or own any assets (other than Stock of its Subsidiaries) or incur any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and the High Yield Notes); provided, that Holdings may guarantee leases and other contractual obligations of its Subsidiaries.

Holdings. The headings in this Warrant are inserted for purposes of convenience only and shall have no substantive effect.

Holdings. Permit Holdings or Canada Holdings to (i) incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness or any other material contractual obligation or liability whatsoever, other than (x) under this Agreement, the Other Documents and its Organizational Documents, (y) guarantees of obligations of other Loan Parties and (z) obligations and liabilities incurred in connection with ordinary course holding company activities associated with maintaining its separate existence and its ownership of the other Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries; (ii) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it other than (x) the Liens created under this Agreement and the Other Documents and (y) other Liens permitted under Section 7.3 hereof; (iii) engage in any active business or activity or own any assets other than (w) a deposit account at PNC, (x) receiving and distributing the dividends and distributions permitted to be made to it under Section 7.8, (y) holding, directly or indirectly, not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests of Borrowers, and (z) performing its obligations as a holding company with ownership of the other Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and activities incidental thereto, including, without limitation, any activities relating to any tax, accounting, legal, regulatory and other administrative matters, and performing its obligations under this Agreement, the Other Documents and its Organizational Documents; (iv) consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement; (v) sell or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any Borrower except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement; (vi) create or acquire any direct Subsidiary or make or own any direct Investment in any Person, in each case other than the Loan Parties and except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement; or (vii) fail to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons (excluding financial reporting consolidating).

Holdings. In the case of Holdings, conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any material business or operations other than the following (and activities incidental thereto): (i) its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower and activities incidental thereto, including payment of dividends and other amounts in respect of its Equity Interests, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence and status as a public company (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance), (iii) the performance of its obligations with respect to the Credit Documents and any other agreement governing Indebtedness, (iv) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance or sale of its Equity Interests, (v) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of indebtedness, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and guaranteeing the obligations of its Subsidiaries in each case solely to the extent not prohibited hereunder; provided that with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness, any such Indebtedness shall constitute Qualified Holding Company Debt, (vi) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Parent Borrower, (vii) holding any cash or property (but not operate any property), (viii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and (ix) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) to (viii) of this Section 7.14.