Investments; Acquisitions No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any other 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 other Person, or any division or line of business of any other Person except:
(a) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by them as of the Effective Date in any Loan Party and their Restricted Subsidiaries, Loan Parties may make and own additional equity Investments in other Loan Parties and Non-Loan Parties may make and own additional equity Investments in other Non-Loan Parties;
(c) Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make intercompany loans to the extent permitted under Section 6.1(e);
(d) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Consolidated Capital Expenditures;
(e) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by them and described in Schedule 6.3 annexed hereto;
(f) Parent and Company may acquire and hold obligations of one or more Officers or other employees of Company, Parent or its Restricted 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, Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to such Officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;
(g) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make and own Investments constituting non-Cash proceeds of sales, transfers and other dispositions of property to the extent permitted by Section 6.7;
(h) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire Securities in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or as security for any such Indebtedness or claim;
(i) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Junior Payment expressly permitted by Section 6.5 (it being understood that any such Restricted Junior Payment may be made in the form of an intercompany loan or advance);
(j) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire Investments (including debt obligations) received in the ordinary course of business by Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising out of the ordinary course of business;
(k) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by any other paragraph of this Section; provided that such Investment was not made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;
(l) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make or continue to hold Investments resulting from deposits referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances” and clause (viii) of Section 6.2(a);
(m) Company may perform its obligations under and in accordance with the Conveyance of Undivided Mineral Interest, the Sand Purchase Documents and Natural Gas Hedging Agreements; provided that all such Natural Gas Hedging Agreements shall be entered into to manage (in the good faith business judgment of Company) risks of fluctuations in the price or availability of natural gas to which Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are exposed in the conduct of their business and the management of their liabilities;
(n) Loan Parties may make and hold loans and advances to their employees in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $2,500,000 and (ii) 0.12% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter at any time outstanding, provided that such loan or advance is not made in material violation of any law;
(o) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) (i) the assets or the outstanding voting stock or economic interests of any Person, (ii) any division, line of business or other business unit of any Person, or (iii) Capital Stock of a Joint Venture constituting a majority of the Capital Stock of such Joint Venture (such Person or such division, line of business or other business unit of such Person or such Joint Venture shall be referred to herein as the “Target”), in each case that is a type of business (or assets used in a type of business) permitted to be engaged in by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms hereof, so long as (A) no Event of Default shall then exist or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto other than for Limited Condition Investments in which case no Event of Default shall exit at the time the relevant acquisition agreement is entered into, (B) to the extent required by Section 5.9 and Section 5.10, Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties, shall have received (or shall receive in connection with the closing of such acquisition) a perfected security interest in all property (including Capital Stock) acquired with respect to the Target described in the applicable forms of Collateral Documents, subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.2, and the Target, if a Person, shall have executed a counterpart of the Subsidiary Guaranty and Pledge and Security Agreement, (C) the aggregate consideration (including without limitation earn out obligations (to be calculated in accordance with GAAP as the estimated amount thereof on the closing date for any acquisition, which determination shall be made on the date the definitive documentation for such acquisition is entered into), deferred compensation and the amount of Indebtedness and other liabilities (other than working capital liabilities) assumed by Loan Parties, but excluding equity consideration, consideration paid from the proceeds of equity of Parent or capital contributions made to Parent and non-competition arrangements) paid by Loan Parties to acquire Capital Stock of Joint Ventures in respect of which Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties, shall not have received a perfected security interest and guarantees reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent shall not exceed the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 4.7% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter, (D) for any such acquisitions Company shall have provided financial statements for any Target acquired in any such acquisition for the last Fiscal Year of such Target (to the extent available to Company), and (E) in the case of the acquisition of a Person, such Person shall become a wholly-owned the Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party;
(p) Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed in the aggregate at any time $25,000,000 plus the then-applicable Available Amount; and
(q) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section, Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments not exceeding in the aggregate at any time $25,000,000;
(r) Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in other Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries;
(s) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section, Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Investments under Section 6.3(o), Section 6.3(p) and Section 6.3(q) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time, so long as (i) no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) any such Investments in Non-Loan Parties does not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
(t) the acquisition by Parent, Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Company of Repurchase Offer Loans; and
(u) Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make NMTC Investments; provided that the aggregate amount of NMTC Investments shall not exceed $60,000.000. Notwithstanding anything herein, Investments made after the Effective Date by any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary in a Non-Loan Party otherwise permitted by Section 6.3, will not be permitted if, immediately after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such Investments together with any Restricted Junior Payments made after the Effective Date by any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary in a Non-Loan Party otherwise permitted by Section 6.5 during the term of the Loans is more than the greater of $100,000,000 and 5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter.
Information Acquisition Connecting Transmission Owner and Developer shall each submit specific information regarding the electrical characteristics of their respective facilities to the other, and to NYISO, as described below and in accordance with Applicable Reliability Standards.
Mergers, Acquisitions, Etc Merge or consolidate with any other entity or acquire all or a material part of the assets of any person or entity, or form or create any new Subsidiary or affiliate, or commence operations under any other name, organization, or entity, including any joint venture.
Limited Condition Acquisitions Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary, when calculating any applicable ratio or any basket based on Consolidated EBITDA or total assets, or determining other compliance with this Agreement (including the determination of compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires that no Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom, but excluding Section 4.02 to the extent set forth therein) in connection with a Specified Transaction undertaken in connection with the consummation of a Limited Condition Acquisition, the date of determination of such ratio or any basket based on Consolidated EBITDA or total assets, and determination of whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom or other applicable covenant shall, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, an “LCA Election”), be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the “LCA Test Date”) and if, after such ratios and other provisions are measured on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other Specified Transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they occurred at the beginning of the applicable Test Period ending prior to the LCA Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such ratios and provisions, such provisions shall be deemed to have been complied with; provided that no such acquisition shall constitute a Limited Condition Acquisition unless the Payment Conditions are satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis on the applicable LCA Test Date. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) if any of such ratios are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition, such ratios and other provisions will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder and (y) such ratios and other provisions shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or related Specified Transactions. If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to any other Specified Transaction on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.
Acquisition Transactions The Company shall provide the holder of this Warrant with at least twenty (20) days’ written notice prior to closing thereof of the terms and conditions of any of the following transactions (to the extent the Company has notice thereof): (i) the sale, lease, exchange, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or business, or (ii) its merger into or consolidation with any other corporation (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), or any transaction (including a merger or other reorganization) or series of related transactions, in which more than 50% of the voting power of the Company is disposed of.
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.
The Acquisition At the Closing (as defined below), each Stockholder shall sell to Group 1 and Group 1 shall purchase from each Stockholder that number of shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share of the Company ("Company Common Stock") as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto in exchange for that number of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share of Group 1 ("Group 1 Common Stock") set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto (as may be appropriately adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits and/or stock dividends). In the event that the Board of Directors of Group 1 approves a reverse stock split upon the recommendation of the Representatives of the Underwriters in connection with the IPO, the number of shares of Group 1 Common Stock to be received by the shareholders of the Founding Companies shall be decreased proportionately as a result of the reverse stock split; provided, however, that in the event that the number of shares of Group 1 Common Stock resulting from the reverse stock split recommended by the Representatives of the Underwriters is less than the number of shares resulting from a 4.444 for 5 reverse stock split, a 4.444 for 5 reverse stock split shall be implemented and the number of shares of Group 1 Common Stock resulting from such 4.444 for 5 reverse stock split to be received by the shareholders of the Founding Companies shall be further decreased proportionately to the number of shares that would have been issued to the shareholders of the Founding Companies had the reverse stock split recommended by the Representatives of the Underwriters been implemented. If the number of shares of Group 1 Common Stock received by a Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement includes a fractional share as a result of a reverse stock split affecting the Group 1 Common Stock, such fractional share shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share of Group 1 Common Stock.
Mergers or Acquisitions Merge or consolidate, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with any other Person, or acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to acquire, all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another Person. A Subsidiary may merge or consolidate into another Subsidiary or into Borrower.
Consummation of Acquisition The Acquisition shall have been consummated (or shall be consummated substantially contemporaneously) for an aggregate purchase price (excluding assumption of Debt) not exceeding the amount set forth on Schedule 6.2(g) under the heading “Maximum Purchase Price of Target Company” pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, no provision of the Merger Agreement shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner that would have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or a material adverse effect on the properties, business, operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the ability of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, the transaction fees and expenses for the Acquisition together with the fees referenced in Section 6.2(e)(iii) shall not exceed the amount set forth on Schedule 6.2(g) under the heading “Maximum Transaction Fees and Expenses of Acquisition”, and the Administrative Agent shall have received (or shall receive substantially contemporaneously) the following documents: (A) if counsel to the Target Company delivers an opinion to the Borrower in connection with Acquisition, a copy of such opinion, accompanied by reliance letters in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, (B) opinions from such special and local counsel as may be required by the Administrative Agent, (C) documents and other instruments as are customary for transactions of this type or as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (including, without limitation, the analogous documents required to be delivered in Sections 6.2(b)(ii), (b)(iii), (b)(iv) and (d)(i) with respect to the Target Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective authorization to execute, deliver and perform the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein, as applicable) and (D) such evidence as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request that the Acquisition does not violate the terms of the High-Yield Note Indenture.
Loans, Acquisitions and Guaranties Loan, invest in or advance money or assets to any other person, enterprise or entity, (2) purchase, create or acquire any interest in any other enterprise or entity, or (3) incur any obligation as surety or guarantor other than in the ordinary course of business.
