Indebtedness and Liabilities Incur, create, assume, become or be liable in any manner with respect to, or permit to exist, any Indebtedness or Liability, other than:
(a) Indebtedness to the Lender for Advances, or otherwise;
(b) Indebtedness and Liabilities with respect to trade obligations, accounts payable and other normal accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business, or with respect to which any of the Borrowers is contesting in good faith the amount or validity thereof by appropriate proceedings, and then only to the extent that the Borrowers have set aside on their books adequate reserves therefor;
(c) Indebtedness under those Real Property Leases listed on Schedule "3.07" annexed hereto;
(d) Indebtedness under Existing Operating Leases listed on Schedule "3.05" annexed hereto;
(e) Existing Indebtedness, but only to the extent set forth on Schedule "6.01(e)" annexed hereto;
(f) Purchase money Indebtedness or other Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with Investments (including the acquisition of additional assets or businesses) and Capital Expenditures made following the Agreement Date; provided, however, that: (i) the Borrowers shall, in connection with the incurrence of any and all such Indebtedness, be in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.06(c) and Section 6.09 hereof; and (ii) to the extent that the Borrowers shall elect to incur Indebtedness for money borrowed (other than purchase money Indebtedness) from any financial institution in connection with any permitted Investment contemplated by Section 6.06(c) hereof, they shall afford the Lender a right of first refusal to provide the financing therefor; provided, that the terms and conditions of any such financing which the Lender may (at their sole discretion) elect to offer shall be on terms and conditions which, in the aggregate, shall be no less favorable to the Borrowers than those offered by any other financial institution;
(g) Intercompany Investments which are represented by instruments that are promptly delivered (with all necessary endorsements thereon) to the Lender pursuant to the Security Agreement; and
(h) Subordinated Debt in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Lender.
Contingent Liabilities Assume, guarantee, become liable as a surety, endorse, contingently agree to purchase, or otherwise be or become liable, directly or indirectly (including, but not limited to, by means of a maintenance agreement, an asset or stock purchase agreement, or any other agreement designed to ensure any creditor against loss), for or on account of the obligation of any person or entity, except by the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of the Company’s business.
Litigation and Contingent Liabilities No litigation (including derivative actions), arbitration proceeding or governmental investigation or proceeding is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against any Loan Party which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in Schedule 9.6. Other than any liability incident to such litigation or proceedings, no Loan Party has any material contingent liabilities not listed on Schedule 9.6 or permitted by Section 11.1.
Indebtedness; Guarantees The Borrower shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under the Transaction Documents. The Borrower shall incur no Indebtedness secured by the Collateral other than the Obligations. The Borrower shall not assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise be or become directly or contingently liable for the obligations of any Person by, among other things, agreeing to purchase any obligation of another Person, agreeing to advance funds to such Person or causing or assisting such Person to maintain any amount of capital, other than as expressly permitted under the Transaction Documents.
Contingent Obligations No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligations except in respect of the Finance Obligations and except:
(a) endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(b) Rate Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business for bona fide hedging purposes and not for speculation with the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent;
(c) Contingent Obligations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries existing as of the Effective Date and listed in Schedule 7.09, including extension and renewals thereof which do not increase the amount of such Contingent Obligations as of the date of such extension or renewal;
(d) Contingent Obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations;
(e) Contingent Obligations arising under indemnity agreements to title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue to the Administrative Agent title insurance policies;
(f) Contingent Obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of (i) sellers in connection with Acquisitions permitted hereunder and (ii) purchasers in connection with dispositions permitted under Section 7.02(b);
(g) Reserved;
(h) Contingent Obligations arising under guarantees made in the Ordinary Course of Business of obligations of any Loan Party (other than Holdings), which obligations are otherwise permitted hereunder; provided that if such obligation is subordinated to the Finance Obligations, such guarantee shall be subordinated to the same extent;
(i) unsecured Contingent Obligations of Holdings with respect to Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries (including Steinway and Sons, but only for so long as it is not a Loan Party hereunder) permitted pursuant to Section 7.05(j) or 7.05(c) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(j) other Contingent Obligations not exceeding $4,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and
(k) Contingent Obligations of Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiary arising under guarantees of the Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries permitted pursuant to Sections 7.05 (only to the extent that Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiary that are guarantors of such Indebtedness would be permitted to incur such Indebtedness as primary obligors pursuant to Section 7.05) and 7.04(b).
Indebtedness and Liens Except for trade debt incurred in the normal course of business and indebtedness to Lender contemplated by this Agreement, create, incur or assume indebtedness for borrowed money, including capital leases, (b) except as allowed as a Permitted Lien, sell, transfer, mortgage, assign, pledge, lease, grant a security interest in, or encumber any of Borrower's assets, or (c) sell with recourse any of Borrower's accounts, except to Lender.
Litigation and Contingent Obligations There is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of any of their officers, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making of any Loans. Other than any liability incident to any litigation, arbitration or proceeding which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower has no material contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4.
Indebtedness of Subsidiaries The Company will not at any time permit any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to create, incur, assume, guarantee, have outstanding, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable for, any Indebtedness other than:
(a) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 5.15 and any extension, renewal or refunding thereof, provided that the principal amount outstanding at the time of such extension, renewal or refunding is not increased;
(b) Indebtedness of (a) any Subsidiary to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (b) the Company or any Co-Obligor to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (c) Lxxxxxx Finance Company B.V. to any Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time and (d) any one or more Co-Obligors to Hxxxxx CBI, Limited in the aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000; provided, that if either the Company or any Co-Obligor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness may only be due either the Company or a Co-Obligor and shall be expressly subordinate to the payment in full in cash of the Credit Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(c) guaranties by a Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness of the Company;
(d) Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding from time to time;
(e) Indebtedness under the Existing Note Purchase Agreement outstanding from time to time;
(f) Indebtedness with respect to the Hedging Arrangements pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary has hedged its reasonably estimated interest rate, foreign currency or commodity exposure, and which are non-speculative in nature;
(g) Indebtedness under the LOC Agreements and guaranties thereof by the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(i) recourse obligations resulting from endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; (ii) Contingent Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries identified as such on Schedule 7.11(h) to this Agreement; (iii) Contingent Obligations (x) incurred by any Subsidiary of the Company to support the performance of bids, tenders, sales, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) of any other Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business, (y) incurred by any Subsidiary of the Company under the Credit Agreement, or (z) with respect to surety, appeal and performance bonds and Performance Letters of Credit obtained by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and (iv) Contingent Obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary Guaranty; and
(i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary not otherwise permitted by the preceding clauses (a) through (g), provided that immediately before and after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and to the application of the proceeds thereof,
(i) no Default or Event of Default exists, and
(ii) the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 7.11(h) does not exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Worth.
Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens (a) Except as described therein, as of June 30, 2013, Schedule 6.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including a description of the obligors and obligees, principal amount outstanding, available financing and collateral therefor, if any, and Guaranty thereof, if any), since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of such Indebtedness. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds $1,000,000 that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.
(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 6.15, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien, or to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien, not permitted by Section 11.7.
(c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter or other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company, except as specifically indicated in Schedule 6.15.
Indebtedness Create, incur, assume, or be liable for any Indebtedness, or permit any Subsidiary to do so, other than Permitted Indebtedness.
