Limitation on Duty in Respect of Collateral Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody and preservation thereof, the Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any sub-agent or bailee or any income therefrom or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Collateral Agent will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession or control if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and will not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of any act or omission of any sub-agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith, except to the extent that such liability arises from the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Limitation on Certain Restrictions The Borrower will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any restriction or encumbrance on (i) the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to perform and comply with their respective obligations under the Credit Documents or (ii) the ability of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to make any dividend payments or other distributions in respect of its Capital Stock, to repay Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, to make loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, or to transfer any of its assets or properties to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, in each case other than such restrictions or encumbrances existing under or by reason of the Credit Documents or applicable Requirements of Law.
Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries Holdings will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock or any other interest or participation in its profits owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(i) applicable law;
(ii) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the other definitive documentation entered into in connection with any of the foregoing;
(iii) any Refinancing Note Documents;
(iv) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing any leasehold interest of Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(v) customary provisions restricting assignment of any licensing agreement (in which Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is the licensee) or other contract entered into by Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) restrictions on the transfer of any asset pending the close of the sale of such asset;
(vii) any agreement or instrument governing Indebtedness assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, to the extent the relevant encumbrance or restriction was not agreed to or adopted in connection with, or in anticipation of, the respective Permitted Acquisition and does not apply to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings, or the properties of any such Person, other than the Persons or the properties acquired in such Permitted Acquisition;
(viii) encumbrances or restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) any agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 10.04 to the extent such encumbrance or restriction only applies to such Foreign Subsidiary;
(x) an agreement effecting a refinancing, replacement or substitution of Indebtedness issued, assumed or incurred pursuant to an agreement or instrument referred to in clause (vii) above; provided that the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in any such refinancing, replacement or substitution agreement are no less favorable to Holdings or the Lenders in any material respect than the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in the agreements or instruments referred to in such clause (vii);
(xi) restrictions on the transfer of any asset subject to a Lien permitted by Section 10.01;
(xii) restrictions and conditions imposed by the terms of the documentation governing any Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, which Indebtedness is permitted by Section 10.04;
(xiii) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 10.05 and applicable solely to such joint venture;
(xiv) on or after the execution and delivery thereof, (x) the Permitted Junior Debt Documents and (y) the Permitted Pari Passu Notes Documents;
(xv) negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness for borrowed money permitted under Section 10.04 but only if such negative pledge or restriction expressly permits Liens for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors with respect to the credit facilities established hereunder and the Obligations under the Credit Documents on a senior basis and without a requirement that such holders of such Indebtedness be secured by such Liens securing the Obligations under the Credit Documents equally and ratably or on a junior basis; and
(xvi) restrictions and conditions under the terms of the documentation governing any Qualified Securitization Transaction or a Receivables Facility that, in each case, permitted by Section 10.04, are necessary or advisable, in the good faith determination of the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, to effect such Qualified Securitization Transaction or such Receivables Facility.
Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests Except for the issuance or sale of Qualified Equity Interests by Parent, each Loan Party will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue or sell any of its Equity Interests.
Limitation on Debt Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Credit Party to Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents;
(b) any Debt existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 8.1 attached hereto and any renewals or refinancing of such Debt (provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of such renewed or refinanced Debt shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the original Debt outstanding on the Effective Date (less any principal payments and the amount of any commitment reductions made thereon on or prior to such renewal or refinancing), (ii) the renewal or refinancing of such Debt shall be on substantially the same or better terms as in effect with respect to such Debt on the Effective Date, and shall otherwise be in compliance with this Agreement, and (iii) at the time of such renewal or refinancing no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the renewal or refinancing of such Debt;
(c) any Debt of Borrowers or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets, whether pursuant to a loan or a Capitalized Lease provided that both at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence thereof (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Debt at any one time outstanding (including, without limitation, any Debt of the type described in this clause (c) which is set forth on Schedule 8.1 hereof) shall not exceed $5,000,000, and any renewals or refinancings of such Debt on terms substantially the same or better than those in effect at the time of the original incurrence of such Debt;
(d) Debt under any Hedging Transactions, provided that such transaction is entered into for risk management purposes and not for speculative purposes;
(e) Debt arising from judgments or decrees not deemed to be a Default or Event of Default under subsection (g) of Section 9.1;
(f) Debt owing to a Person that is a Credit Party, but only to the extent permitted under Section 8.7 hereof;
(g) the Comerica Debt and the Subordinated Debt;
(h) Debt arising under the Surety Agreements, provided that the Borrowers shall promptly terminate the Liberty Mutual Indemnity Agreement and any other Bond Documents related thereto following the completion of the construction projects set forth on Schedule 8.1(i);
(i) additional unsecured Debt not otherwise described above, provided that both at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence thereof (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result therefrom and (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Debt shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses Enter into with any Person any agreement, other than this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, which prohibits or limits the ability of such Borrower to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than (i) this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or (ii) except as may occur under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of such Borrower’s business and which are not otherwise prohibited by any Requirement of Law.
Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, establish, create or acquire after the Effective Date any Subsidiary, provided that Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries may (x) establish, create and, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, acquire Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and (y) establish, create and acquire non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by the definition of Permitted Acquisition, in each case so long as (i) all of the capital stock and other equity interests of such new Subsidiary (except in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, in which case, 65% of the capital stock and other equity interests) are (to the extent owned by a Credit Party) pledged to the Lender pursuant to, and to the extent required by, the Security Agreement, (ii) each such new Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (and, to the extent required by Section 8.13, each new Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary) executes and delivers to the Lender a counterpart of the Subsidiaries Guaranty and the Security Agreement, (iii) each such new Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (and, to the extent required by Section 8.13, each new Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary) enters into such mortgages and other Additional Security Documents as Lender may require pursuant to Section 8.12 and (iv) each such new Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (and to the extent required by Section 8.13, each new Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary) executes and delivers all other relevant documentation (including opinions of counsel, resolutions, officers’ certificates and UCC financing statements) of the type described in Section 5 as such new Subsidiary would have had to deliver if it were a Credit Party on the Effective Date.
Limitation on Disposition of Property Dispose of any of its Property (including, without limitation, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except:
(a) the Disposition of (i) cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or (ii) other Property that the Company (or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) reasonably determines is no longer used or useful in its business, has become obsolete, damaged or surplus or is replaced in the ordinary course of business, including the lease or sublease of excess or unneeded real property not constituting a sale and leaseback;
(b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.04(b); provided that promptly after any such Disposition of any Property to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, all actions reasonably required by the Collateral Agent shall be taken to insure the perfection and priority of the Liens created by the Security Documents on such Property;
(d) the sale or issuance of any Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, to any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(e) Dispositions from (i) the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that promptly after any such Disposition, all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent shall be taken to insure the continued perfection and priority of the Liens created by the Security Documents on such Property and assets, (ii) from a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) from a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(f) discounts, adjustments or forgiveness of accounts receivable and other contract claims in the ordinary course of business or in connection with collection or compromise thereof;
(g) subject to the proviso below, unlimited Dispositions for Fair Market Value;
(h) any Recovery Event;
(i) Dispositions resulting from any taking or condemnation of any property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(j) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted under Section 7.10;
(k) to the extent constituting Dispositions, Investments permitted under Section 7.07 and Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06;
(l) the sale (without recourse) of receivables (and related assets) pursuant to factoring or other receivables sale arrangements and similar financing programs;
(m) assignments and licenses of intellectual property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; and
(n) the purchase and sale or other transfer (including by capital contribution) of Securitization Assets or interests therein pursuant to any Permitted Securitization Financing; provided, that in the case of a Specified Disposition, the Company would, immediately after giving effect to such Specified Disposition be in compliance with the Financial Covenants, determined on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to such Specified Disposition as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period (and assuming for such purposes the repayment of any Indebtedness repaid, tendered, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or discharged in connection with such Specified Disposition), provided, further, that, with respect to paragraph (g) above, no Default or Event of Default exists or will result therefrom and at least 75% of the consideration received therefor by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $10,000,000 for any individual Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, provided further that for purposes of this proviso, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (i) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or are otherwise cancelled in connection with such transaction (other than any such liabilities that are subordinated to the Obligations), (ii) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) and (iii) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to clause (g) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $25,000,000, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value. For the avoidance of doubt, any issuance or sale of Capital Stock of the Company shall not be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 7.05.
Limitations on Dispositions of Collateral The Debtor will not sell, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral, or attempt, offer or contract to do so other than dispositions of Inventory in the ordinary course of the Debtor’s business; provided, however that the Debtor will be allowed to grant licenses to its products and related documentation in the ordinary course of business and to establish or provide for escrows of related intellectual property in connection therewith.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
