Investments, Loans The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Capital Stock, evidence of Indebtedness (except as permitted in Section 7.1) or other securities (including any option, warrant, or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person that constitute a business unit, or create or form any Subsidiary (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Investments”), except:
(a) Investments (other than Permitted Investments) existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.4 (including Investments in Subsidiaries);
(b) Permitted Investments;
(c) Investments in the form of trade credit to customers of a Loan Party arising in the ordinary course of business and represented by accounts from such customers and accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business;
(d) creation of any additional Subsidiaries domiciled in the U.S. and Unrestricted Subsidiaries in compliance with this Agreement;
(e) Guarantees by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.1;
(f) Investments made by the Borrower in or to any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or in or to another Subsidiary;
(g) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for travel, relocation and related expenses; provided that the aggregate amount of all such loans and advances does not exceed the Threshold Amount at any time outstanding;
(h) Hedging Transactions permitted by Section 7.10;
(i) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (i) in ownership interests in additional Oil and Gas Properties located within the geographic boundaries of the United States of America (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the acquisition of 100% of the Capital Stock of a Person owning such assets) or (ii) related to oil and gas mineral interests and leases owned by a Loan Party or a Person that will become a Loan Party upon acquisition of such Person by a Loan Party, farm-out, farm-in, joint operating, joint venture, participation or area of mutual interest agreements, gathering and processing systems, pipelines and other midstream assets or other similar arrangements in each case, which are related or ancillary to Oil and Gas Properties owned by the Loan Parties and which are usual and customary in the oil and gas exploration and production business located within the geographic boundaries of the United States of America;
(j) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in Unrestricted Subsidiaries funded entirely by cash proceeds from an issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower after November 9, 2018 (excluding any cash capital contributions received for purposes of exercising the Cure Right), so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of, or immediately following, the making of such Investment and (ii) such Investment is made (x) within five (5) Business Days following Borrower’s receipt of such cash proceeds or (y) on a later date than the date set forth in the preceding clause (x) and such cash proceeds are held by Borrower in a segregated deposit account (which, for the avoidance of doubt only contains the cash capital contributions intended for such Investments) until the date invested in an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(k) other Investments which in the aggregate do not exceed the Threshold Amount in any Fiscal Year.
Investments, Loans, Etc The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary prior to such merger), any Equity Interests, evidence of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant, or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make any loans or advances to, or make any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person that constitute a business unit or division of such another Person, or purchase or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of another Person, or create or form any Restricted Subsidiary (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Investments”) other than Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Taurus Acquisition); provided, that:
(a) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make and hold Permitted Investments;
(i) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may hold the Investments existing on the Fourth Amendment Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.4 and (ii) any Loan Party may make Investments in any other Loan Party:
(c) any Investments of a Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may be held by such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Investments were not made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(d) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may hold Investments constituting non-cash proceeds received in connection with a sale or other disposition of assets to the extent permitted by Section 7.6 or in connection with the settlement of obligations owing to it by financially troubled debtors;
(e) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments (and, thereafter, may hold such Investments) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $120,000,000 and (y) 33.0% of Consolidated EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period;
(f) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, and the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.00 to 1.00 immediately prior and after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Investments (and thereafter hold such Investments). Prior to consummating an Investment pursuant to this clause (f), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations of the Total Net Leverage Ratio and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying the requirements of this clause (f) have been met;
(g) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make (i) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for travel, entertainment, relocation and related expenses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time and (ii) Investments consisting of deposits, expense prepayments, accounts receivable arising, trade debt granted and other credits extended to customers and similar Persons in the ordinary course of business;
(h) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may be established or created (but not capitalized unless otherwise permitted under this Section 7.4) so long as, to the extent applicable, the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary comply with the provisions of Section 5.12;
(i) without duplication of any other clause of this Section 7.4, so long as the Available Amount Conditions are satisfied at the time of such Investment, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments in an amount not to exceed the Available Amount;
(j) [reserved];
(k) Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however that the aggregate amount of Investments pursuant to this clause (k) in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties shall not exceed at any time the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period;
(l) Investments arising as a result of Hedge Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 7.10;
(m) Investments in joint ventures in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period; and
(n) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period.
Advances; Loans; Pledges You authorize the Manager to advance the Manager’s own funds for your account, charging current interest rates, and to arrange loans for your account for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the applicable AAU and any Intersyndicate Agreement, and in connection therewith, to hold or pledge as security therefor all or any securities which the Manager may be holding for your account under the applicable AAU and any Intersyndicate Agreement, to execute and deliver any notes or other instruments evidencing such advances or loans, and to give all instructions to the lenders with respect to any such loans and the proceeds thereof. The obligations of the Underwriters under loans arranged on their behalf will be several in proportion to their respective Original Underwriting Obligations, and not joint. Any lender is authorized to accept the Manager’s instructions as to the disposition of the proceeds of any such loans. In the event of any such advance or loan, repayment thereof will, in the discretion of the Manager, be effected prior to making any remittance or delivery pursuant to Section 8.2, 8.3, or 9.2 hereof.
Acquisition Loans The proceeds of the Acquisition Loans may be used only for the following purposes: (i) for working capital and general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, the issuance of Letters of Credit and to pay outstanding Floor Plan Loans; and (ii) to make Permitted Acquisitions.
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, acquire or form any new Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, acquire, form or suffer to exist any new Affiliates after the Closing Date, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger, other than a merger permitted by Section 5.4) any Stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions (including pursuant to any merger)) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit, except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) investments existing on the date as of the last financial statement furnished to the Bank as set forth on Annex 2;
(c) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(d) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as presently conducted in compliance with all applicable laws (including, to the extent applicable, the Sxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000 at any time outstanding; and
(e) investments made by Borrower in the equity securities of any Domestic Subsidiary and made by any Domestic Subsidiary in the equity securities of any other Domestic Subsidiary provided that (i) any such equity securities owned by Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary shall become Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.
Loans; Investments Make or suffer to exist any loans, advances, or investments (“Investments”), except:
(a) accounts receivable in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business;
(b) Investments in domestic certificates of deposit issued by, and other domestic investments with, financial institutions organized under the laws of the United States or a state thereof, having at least One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) in capital and a rating of at least “investment grade” or “A” by Xxxxx’x or any successor rating agency;
(c) Investments in marketable obligations of the United States of America and in open market commercial paper given the highest credit rating by a national credit agency and maturing not more than one year from the creation thereof;
(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) 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 transactions permitted under Section 6.4 or investments accepted in connection with Transfers permitted by Section 6.5;
(i) Investments consisting of deposit accounts; provided Lender has a perfected security interest therein to the extent required by 6.11;
(j) Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(k) non-cash loans approved by Borrower’s Board of Managers to employees, officers or managers relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrower pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved by Borrower’s Board of Managers, limited to an aggregate total of $250,000 at any time outstanding;
(l) 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;
(m) Investments permitted under Section 6.11;
(n) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions to, customers and suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Investments by wholly owned Subsidiaries in other wholly owned Subsidiaries or in Borrower; and
(p) Other investments not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.6 not exceeding $250,000 in any fiscal year.
Investments, Acquisitions, Loans and Advances The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to (i) directly or indirectly, make, retain or have outstanding any investments (whether through the purchase of stock or obligations or otherwise) in any Person, real property or improvements on real property, or any loans, advances, lines of credit, mortgage loans or other financings (including pursuant to sale/leaseback transactions) to any other Person, or (ii) acquire any real property, improvements on real property or all or any substantial part of the assets or business of any other Person or division thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent, with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any of the following:
(a) investments in direct obligations of the United States of America or of any agency or instrumentality thereof whose obligations constitute full faith and credit obligations of the United States of America, provided that any such obligations shall mature within one (1) year of the date of issuance thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper with a Rating of at least P-1 by Mxxxx’x and at least A-1 by S&P maturing within one (1) year of the date of issuance thereof;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit issued by any Lender or by any United States commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 which have a maturity of one (1) year or less;
(d) investments in repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven (7) days for underlying securities of the types described in subsection (a) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in subsection (c) above, provided all such agreements require physical delivery of the securities securing such repurchase agreement, except those delivered through the Federal Reserve Book Entry System;
(e) investments in money market funds that invest solely, and which are restricted by their respective charters to invest solely, in investments of the type described in the immediately preceding subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) above;
(f) the Borrower’s investments from time to time in Stock and Stock Equivalents (including, for the avoidance of doubt, marketable securities) issued by any real estate company or real estate investment trust (“REIT Shares”); provided that at least 90% of such REIT Shares shall issued by real estate companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE AMEX or the NASDAQ Stock Market;
(g) the Borrower’s investments from time to time in its Subsidiaries, and investments made from time to time by a Subsidiary in one or more of its Subsidiaries;
(h) intercompany advances made from time to time among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to finance working capital needs;
(i) investments from time to time in individual Real Properties (including Eligible Properties) or in entities which own such individual Real Properties (including Eligible Properties), provided that such investment does not cause a breach of the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.20 hereof or clauses (k), (l) or (m) below;
(j) cash investments in joint ventures in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate at any one time outstanding 10% of the Total Asset Value at such time;
(k) investments in Assets Under Development in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate at any one time outstanding 10% of the Total Asset Value at such time;
(l) investments in Land Assets in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate at any one time outstanding 10% of the Total Asset Value at such time;
(m) investments in Ground Leases in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate at any one time outstanding 10% of the Total Asset Value at such time;
(n) investments in deposit account and securities accounts opened in the ordinary course of business and in compliance with the terms of this Agreement;
(o) investments pursuant to Hedging Agreements that are not otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement;
(p) investments in manufactured homes for lease or resale; and
(q) purchase money loans made by UMH Sales and Finance Inc. (a Subsidiary), or any successor thereto, to purchasers of manufactured homes; and
(r) other investments in addition to those otherwise permitted by this Section in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate at any one time 5% of the Total Asset Value at such time. Investments of the type described in clauses (j), (k), (l), (m), and (r) immediately preceding shall, at no time, exceed in the aggregate at any one time, 20% of the Total Asset Value of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time. In determining the amount of investments, acquisitions, loans, and advances permitted under this Section, investments and acquisitions shall always be taken at the book value (as defined in GAAP) thereof, and loans and advances shall be taken at the principal amount thereof then remaining unpaid.
Investments, Loans and Advances Purchase, hold or acquire any Equity Interests, evidences of indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, except:
(a) (i) investments by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof in the Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries, and (ii) additional investments by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in the Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries; provided that (A) any such Equity Interests held by a Loan Party shall be pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement (subject to the limitations and exceptions referred to therein) and (B) investments made after the Closing Date by Loan Parties in, and loans and advances made after the Closing Date by Loan Parties to, Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such investments, loans and advances) shall only be permitted (x) pursuant to funding commitments in effect on, and disclosed to the Lender on or prior to, the Closing Date or (y) with the prior written consent of the Lender;
(b) investments in cash and Permitted Investments;
(c) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) any such loans and advances made to a Loan Party shall be unsecured, (ii) any such loans and advances made to any Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to an Affiliate Subordination Agreement and (iii) the amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties shall be subject to the limitation set forth in paragraph (a) above;
(d) investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business; and
(e) other loans, advances and investments made in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not be permitted to make any material investment in illiquid, complex structured products for which no external market price, liquid market quotes or price based on common agreed modeling is available except (i) pursuant to Investment Commitments in effect on the Closing Date and entered into in the ordinary course of business or (ii) with the prior written consent of the Lender.
Securities Loans Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall, in connection with loans of securities by a Portfolio, deliver securities of such Portfolio to the borrower thereof prior to receipt of the collateral, if any, for such borrowing; provided that, in cases of loans of securities secured by cash collateral, the Custodian's instructions to the Securities System shall require that the Securities System deliver the securities of the Portfolio to the borrower thereof only upon receipt of the collateral for such borrowing. Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall release the collateral received in respect of a loan of securities to the borrower against receipt of the loaned securities.
Guaranties; Loans The Company shall not guarantee nor be liable in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, or become contingently liable after the date of this Agreement in connection with the obligations or indebtedness of any person or persons, except for (i) the indebtedness currently secured by the liens identified on the Pledged Property identified on Exhibit A hereto and (ii) the endorsement of negotiable instruments payable to the Company for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The Company shall not make any loan, advance or extension of credit to any person other than in the normal course of its business.
