Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. The Parent and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Credit Party to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any amalgamation with any Person that was not a wholly-owned subsidiary prior to such amalgamation) any Equity Securities, 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, provide any Guarantee of 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, except:
Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. 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 any investment or any other interest in, or Guarantee any obligation of, any other person, except:
Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries to, purchase or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any capital stock, evidences of Indebtedness or securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make any loans or advances to, make any Guarantee of any obligations of, or make any investment in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit (each of the foregoing, an "Investment" in such Person), except:
Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. It 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 Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Equity Interest, 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, except:
Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors to, purchase or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly-owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, or make any loans or advances to, or Guarantee any Indebtedness of, or make any investment in, any other Person, except that, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result therefrom, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make:
Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower prior to such merger) any Equity Interests in or 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, except:
Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to make any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make any investment or any other interest in, any person that is not a Subsidiary, except that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may make loans or advances to, or investments or other interests in any person that is not a Subsidiary if at the time of the making of such loan, advance, investment or other interest the aggregate book value of assets (plus the aggregate amount of any non-cash write downs therein under FASB Accounting Standards Codification topics “Extractive Activities — Oil & Gas”, “Income Taxes”, “Intangibles — Goodwill and Other” and “Property, Plant and Equipment” (as successors to Statements of Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 19, 109, 142, and 144) (and any standards replacing, modifying or superceding any such Standard) after December 31, 2010, net of associate taxes) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (excluding investments in persons that are not Subsidiaries) exceeds $2,750,000,000.
Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. 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, 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, or Guarantee any Indebtedness of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, except that, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result therefrom, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make:
Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, 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, except:
Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary (other than the Excluded Subsidiary) to, purchase, hold, acquire (including pursuant to any merger or consolidation with any Person that was not a Subsidiary prior thereto), make or otherwise permit to exist any Investment in or, in the case of clause (b) below, purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of:
