Limitation on Ranking of Future Debt Sample Clauses

Limitation on Ranking of Future Debt. The Company will not incur, issue, assume or guarantee any indebtedness which is senior in right of payment to the Securities and which is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Senior Debt. For purposes of this Section 4.10, any Indebtedness of the Company (other than by virtue of a Guarantee), whether or not contractually subordinate in right of payment to the Securities, which is secured by any assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be "senior" in right of payment to the Securities.
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Limitation on Ranking of Future Debt. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, incur, create, or suffer to exist any Debt which is contractually subordinate or junior in right of payment (to any extent) to any Debt of the Company and which is not expressly by the terms of the instrument creating such Debt made pari passu with, or subordinated and junior in right of payment to, the Notes.
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Limitation on Ranking of Future Debt. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, incur, create, or suffer to exist any Debt which is contractually subordinate or junior in right of payment (to any extent) to any Debt of the Company and which is not expressly by the terms of the instrument creating such Debt made pari passu with, or subordinated and junior in right of payment to, the Notes. The Guarantors will not, directly or indirectly, issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for any Debt which is both subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Guarantor Senior Debt and senior or superior in right of payment to the Guarantees.
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  • 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 Indebtedness Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except: (a) Indebtedness arising under this Agreement or the Notes; (b) Indebtedness of the Company to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary and of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the Company or any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary; (c) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.2 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; (d) [Reserved]; (e) secured Broker-Dealer Indebtedness and Indebtedness of Lazard Frères Banque; provided that after giving effect to the incurrence of any unsecured Indebtedness by Lazard Frères Bank permitted under this Section 7.2(e), the aggregate of its unencumbered assets shall exceed the aggregate of its unsecured Indebtedness; (f) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Effective Date or a corporation or other entity merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary after the Effective Date and Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets, which Indebtedness in each case, exists at the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation and is not created in contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger or consolidation is permitted by this Agreement and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided that, immediately after giving effect to the acquisition or assumption of such Indebtedness (other than Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness), the Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 3.5 to 1.0; (g) Capital Lease Obligations in connection with the Paris Lease and any Indebtedness the net proceeds of which are used to refinance or replace such Capital Lease Obligations; provided that the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the value of the real property covered by the Paris Lease; (h) additional Capital Lease Obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding; (i) purchase money Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days of the acquisition, lease or improvement of the respective asset permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition or improvement, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding; (j) Indebtedness of the Company in respect of the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; (k) Indebtedness in connection with Permitted Receivables Financings in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding; (l) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit issued for the account of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than letters of credit issued as guaranties for Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries); (m) Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than LFNY); (n) additional Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount (for the Company and all Subsidiaries) not to exceed $125,000,000 at any one time outstanding; provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness, the Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 3.5 to 1.0; (o) Guarantee Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness is permitted under this Agreement; (p) Indebtedness under the Intesa Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; and (q) Specified Non-Recourse Indebtedness.

  • Limitation on Payment of Funding Despite section 4.1, the Funder: (a) will not provide any funds to the HSP until this Agreement is fully executed; (b) may pro-rate the funds identified in Schedule A to the date on which this Agreement is signed, if that date is after April 1; (c) will not provide any funds to the HSP until the HSP meets the insurance requirements described in section 10.4; (d) will not be required to continue to provide funds in the event the HSP breaches any of its obligations under this Agreement, until the breach is remedied to the Funder’s satisfaction; and (e) upon Notice to the HSP, may adjust the amount of funds it provides to the HSP in any Funding Year based upon the Funder’s assessment of the information contained in the Reports.

  • Limitation on Secured Debt So long as any of the 2013 Notes are outstanding, the Company shall not create or suffer to be created or to exist or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create or suffer to be created or to exist any additional mortgage, pledge, security interest, or other lien (collectively "Liens") on any utility properties or tangible assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or its Subsidiaries to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money ("Secured Debt"), without providing that such 2013 Notes will be similarly secured. Further, this restriction on Secured Debt does not apply to the Company's existing first mortgage bonds that have previously been issued under its mortgage indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto; provided that this restriction will apply to future issuances thereunder (other than issuances of refunding first mortgage bonds). In addition, this restriction does not prevent the creation or existence of: o Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition or construction of such property (or created within one year after completion of such acquisition or construction), whether by purchase, merger, construction or otherwise, or to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or construction cost thereof, including the extension of any Liens to repairs, renewals, replacements, substitutions, betterments, additions, extensions and improvements then or thereafter made on the property subject thereto; o Financing of the Company's accounts receivable for electric service; o Any extensions, renewals or replacements (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of Liens permitted by the foregoing clauses; and o The pledge of any bonds or other securities at any time issued under any of the Secured Debt permitted by the above clauses. In addition to the permitted issuances above, Secured Debt not otherwise so permitted may be issued in an amount that does not exceed 15% of Net Tangible Assets as defined below.

  • Limitation on Payment of Funds Despite section A4.1: (a) the Province is not obligated to provide any Funds to the Recipient until the Recipient provides the certificates of insurance or other proof as the Province may request pursuant to section A10.2; (b) the Province is not obligated to provide instalments of Funds until it is satisfied with the progress of the Project; (c) the Province may adjust the amount of Funds it provides to the Recipient in any Funding Year based upon the Province’s assessment of the information the Recipient provides to the Province pursuant to section A7.1; or (d) if, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act (Ontario), the Province does not receive the necessary appropriation from the Ontario Legislature for payment under the Agreement, the Province is not obligated to make any such payment, and, as a consequence, the Province may: (i) reduce the amount of Funds and, in consultation with the Recipient, change the Project; or (ii) terminate the Agreement pursuant to section A12.1.

  • Limitation on Liens For so long as any of the Securities or the Guarantees are outstanding, the Parent Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, issue or otherwise have outstanding any Lien upon, or with respect to, any of the present or future business, property, undertaking, assets or revenues (including, without limitation, any Equity Interests and uncalled capital), whether now owned or hereafter acquired (together, “assets”) of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, to secure any Indebtedness, unless the Securities and Guarantees are secured by such Lien equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Indebtedness, except for the following, to which this covenant shall not apply: (1) Liens on assets securing Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue Date; (2) Liens on assets securing Indebtedness owing to the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary (other than a Project Subsidiary); (3) Liens existing on any asset prior to the acquisition of such asset by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary after the Issue Date, provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such asset being so acquired, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such assets, (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such asset and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date of acquisition of such asset or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiaries; (4) Liens on any assets of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary) after the Issue Date that existed prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiaries; (5) Liens created to secure Indebtedness, directly or indirectly, incurred for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests or other assets (other than real or personal property of the type contemplated by clause (6) below), provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of purchasing such assets, (ii) such Lien shall apply only to the assets so purchased (and to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, any subsequently after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets so purchased) and (iii) such Lien shall be discharged within two years of such Lien being granted; (6) Liens created to secure Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of acquiring or developing any real or personal property or for some other purpose in connection with the acquisition or development of such property, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the property so acquired or developed and (iii) the rights of the holder of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien shall be limited to the property that is subject to such Lien, it being the intention that the holder of such Lien shall not have any recourse to the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiaries personally or to any other property of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary; (7) Liens for any borrowings from any financial institution for the purpose of financing any import or export contract in respect of which any part of the price receivable is guaranteed or insured by such financial institution carrying on an export credit guarantee or insurance business, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the assets that are the subject of such import or export contract and (ii) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the amount so guaranteed or insured; (8) Liens for Indebtedness from an international or governmental development agency or authority to finance the development of a specific project, provided that (i) such Lien is required by applicable law or practice and (ii) the Lien is created only over assets used in or derived from the development of such project; (9) any Lien created in favor of co-venturers of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary pursuant to any agreement relating to an unincorporated joint venture, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the Equity Interests in, or the assets of, such unincorporated joint venture and (ii) such Lien secures solely the payment of obligations arising under such agreement; (10) Liens over goods and products, or documents of title to goods and products, arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with letters of credit and similar transactions, provided that such Liens secure only the acquisition cost or selling price (and amounts incidental thereto) of such goods and products required to be paid within 180 days; (11) Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary; (12) Liens created by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary over a Project Asset of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, provided that such Lien secures only (i) in the case of a Lien over assets referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of a Lien over Equity Interests referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the direct Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary; (13) Liens arising under any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary; (14) Liens incurred in connection with any extension, renewal, replacement or refunding (together, a “refinancing”) of any Lien permitted in clauses (1) through (13) above and any successive refinancings thereof permitted by this clause (12) (each, an “Existing Security”), provided that (i) such Liens do not extend to any asset that was not expressed to be subject to the Existing Security, (ii) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness that was outstanding and secured by the Existing Security at the time of such refinancing and (iii) any refinancing of an Existing Security incurred in accordance with clauses (3) through (5) above (and any subsequent refinancings thereof permitted by this clause (12)) will not affect the obligation to discharge such Liens within the time frames that applied to such Existing Security at the time it was first incurred (as specified in the applicable clause); (15) any Lien arising as a result of a Change in Lease Accounting Standard; and (16) other Liens by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness, provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of any such Lien or the incurrence of any Indebtedness secured thereby, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor and any Subsidiary secured by any Liens pursuant to this clause (13) shall not exceed 10% of Total Tangible Assets at such time.

  • Limitation on Guarantees (a) In addition to the restrictions set forth in Section 3.2(b), the Company shall not permit any of its Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries, other than a Guarantor, a Foreign Subsidiary, a Captive Insurance Subsidiary or a Securitization Subsidiary, to Guarantee the payment of (i) any syndicated Credit Facility permitted under Section 3.2(b)(1) or (ii) capital markets debt securities of the Company or any other Guarantor unless: (1) such Restricted Subsidiary within 60 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, any such guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantee substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee of the Notes; and (2) such Restricted Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Guarantee until payment in full of Obligations under this Indenture. provided that this Section 3.7 shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary. (b) The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause or allow, as the case may be, any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case, such Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the 60-day period described in Section 3.7(a) and such Guarantee may be released at any time in the Company’s sole discretion so long as any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary then outstanding could have been incurred by such Subsidiary (either (x) when so incurred or (y) at the time of the release of such Guarantee) assuming such Subsidiary were not a Guarantor at such time. (c) If any Guarantor becomes an Immaterial Subsidiary, the Company shall have the right, by execution and delivery of a supplemental indenture to the Trustee, to cause such Immaterial Subsidiary to cease to be a Guarantor, subject to the requirement described in Section 3.7(a) above that such Subsidiary shall be required to become a Guarantor if it ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary (except that if such Subsidiary has been properly designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary it shall not be so required to become a Guarantor or execute a supplemental indenture); provided, further, that such Immaterial Subsidiary shall not be permitted to Guarantee other Indebtedness of the Issuer or the other Guarantors, unless it again becomes a Guarantor.

  • 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 Restricted Payments The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment unless: (a) no Event of Default or event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time will become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of, or after giving effect to such Restricted Payment; and (b) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Company would be able to Incur at least US$1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 10.10. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, this Section 10.11 does not prohibit: (i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend if the dividend would have been permitted on the date of declaration pursuant to the preceding paragraph; (ii) any Restricted Payment, (a) in exchange for Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Capital Stock); or (b) through the application of the net cash proceeds received by the Company from a substantially concurrent sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company or a contribution to the equity capital of the Company not representing an interest in Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case not received from a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (iii) the voluntary prepayment, purchase, defeasance, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness solely in exchange for, or through the application of net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale, other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, of: (a) Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company; or

  • Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to Guarantee any Indebtedness of the Company which is pari passu with or subordinate in right of payment to the Notes ("Guaranteed Indebtedness"), unless (i) such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee (a "Subsidiary Guarantee") of payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) such Restricted Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Subsidiary Guarantee; provided that this paragraph shall not be applicable to any Guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary. If the Guaranteed Indebtedness is (A) pari passu with the Notes, then the Guarantee of such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be pari passu with, or subordinated to, the Subsidiary Guarantee or (B) subordinated to the Notes, then the Guarantee of such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Subsidiary Guarantee at least to the extent that the Guaranteed Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary may provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon (i) any sale, exchange or transfer, to any Person not an Affiliate of the Company, of all of the Company's and each Restricted Subsidiary's Capital Stock in, or all or substantially all the assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary (which sale, exchange or transfer is not prohibited by this Indenture) or (ii) the release or discharge of the Guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Subsidiary Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such Guarantee.