Limitations on Issuance of Additional Company Securities. Except as otherwise specified in this Section 5.7, the issuance of Company Securities pursuant to Section 5.6 shall be subject to the following restrictions and limitations: (a) During the Subordination Period, the Company shall not issue (and shall not issue any options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to) an aggregate of more than 3,519,126 additional Parity Units without the prior approval of the holders of a Unit Majority. In applying this limitation, there shall be excluded Common Units and other Parity Units issued (i) pursuant to Section 5.1 and 5.2(a), (ii) in accordance with Section 5.7(b), (d), (e), (f) or (g), (iii) upon conversion of Subordinated Units pursuant to Section 5.8, (iv) pursuant to the employee benefit plans of the Company or any other Group Member, (v) upon a conversion or exchange of Parity Units issued after the date hereof into Common Units or other Parity Units; provided that the total amount of Available Cash required to pay the aggregate Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all Common Units and all Parity Units does not increase as a result of this conversion or exchange and (vi) in the event of a combination or subdivision of Common Units. (b) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue an unlimited number of Parity Units without the prior approval of the Members, if such issuance occurs (i) in connection with an Acquisition or Capital Improvement or (ii) within 365 days of, and the net proceeds from such issuance are used to repay debt incurred in connection with, or to replenish cash reserves to the extent drawn down in connection with, an Acquisition or Capital Improvement, in each case where such Acquisition or Capital Improvement involves assets that, if acquired (or in the case of a Capital Improvement, Commenced Commercial Service) by the Company as of the date that is one year prior to the first day of the Quarter in which such Acquisition was consummated or such Capital Improvement was Commenced Commercial Service ("One Year Test Period"), would have resulted in an increase in: (i) the amount of Adjusted Operating Surplus generated by the Company on a per-Unit basis (for all Outstanding Units) with respect to the One Year Test Period, on an estimated pro forma basis (as described below), as compared to (ii) the actual amount of Adjusted Operating Surplus generated by the Company on a per-Unit basis (for all Outstanding Units) with respect to the One Year Test Period, as adjusted as provided below. The Board of Directors' determination that such an increase would have resulted shall be conclusive. The Board of Directors shall determine the amount in clause (A) above using such assumptions as it believes are reasonable. There shall be excluded from the amount in clause (B) above any Operating Surplus attributable to such Acquisition or Capital Improvement (regardless of whether such Operating Surplus is positive or negative). The number of Units deemed to be Outstanding for the purpose of calculating the amount in clause (B) above shall be the weighted average number of Units Outstanding during the One Year Test Period and shall exclude the Units issued or to be issued in connection with such Acquisition or Capital Improvement or within 365 days of such Acquisition or Capital Improvement where the net proceeds from such issuance are used to repay debt incurred, or to replenish cash reserves to the extent drawn down, in connection with such Acquisition or Capital Improvement. For the purposes of this Section 5.7(b), the term "debt" shall be deemed to include the indebtedness used to extend, refinance, renew, replace or defease debt originally incurred in connection with an Acquisition or Capital Improvement; provided, that, the amount of such indebtedness does not exceed the principal sum of, plus accrued interest on and any prepayment penalty with respect to, the indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced or defeased. (c) During the Subordination Period, without the prior approval of the holders of a Unit Majority, the Company shall not issue any additional Company Securities (or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights related thereto) (i) that are entitled in any Quarter to receive in respect of the Subordination Period any distribution of Available Cash from Operating Surplus before the Common Units and any Parity Units have received (or amounts have been set aside for payment of) the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and any Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage for such Quarter or (ii) that are entitled to allocations in respect of the Subordination Period of Net Termination Gain before the Common Units and any Parity Units have been allocated Net Termination Gain pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B). (d) During the Subordination Period, without the prior approval of the holders of a Unit Majority, the Company may issue additional Company Securities (or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights related thereto) (i) that are not entitled in any Quarter during the Subordination Period to receive any distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus until after the Common Units and any Parity Units have received (or amounts have been set aside for payment of) the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and any Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage for such Quarter and (ii) that are not entitled to allocations in respect of the Subordination Period of Net Termination Gain before the Common Units and Parity Units have been allocated Net Termination Gain pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B), even if (A) the amount of Available Cash from Operating Surplus to which each such Company Security is entitled to receive after the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and any Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage have been paid or set aside for payment on the Common Units exceeds the Minimum Quarterly Distribution or (B) the amount of Net Termination Gain to be allocated to such Company Security after Net Termination Gain has been allocated to any Common Units and Parity Units pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B) exceeds the amount of such Net Termination Gain to be allocated to each Common Unit or Parity Unit. (e) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue an unlimited number of Parity Units without the prior approval of the Members, if the proceeds from such issuance are used exclusively to repay indebtedness of a Group Member where the aggregate amount of distributions that would have been paid with respect to such newly issued Parity Units, in respect of the four-Quarter period ending prior to the first day of the Quarter in which the issuance is to be consummated (assuming such newly issued Parity Units had been Outstanding throughout such period and that distributions equal to the distributions that were actually paid on the Outstanding Units during the period were paid on such newly issued Parity Units) would not have exceeded the interest costs actually incurred during such period on the indebtedness that is to be repaid (or, if such indebtedness was not outstanding throughout the entire period, would have been incurred had such indebtedness been outstanding for the entire period). In the event that the Company is required to pay a prepayment penalty in connection with the repayment of such indebtedness, for purposes of the foregoing test, the number of Parity Units issued to repay such indebtedness shall be deemed increased by the number of Parity Units that would need to be issued to pay such penalty. (f) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue an unlimited number of Parity Units without the prior approval of the Members if the net proceeds of such issuance are used to redeem an equal number of Parity Units at a price per unit equal to the net proceeds per unit, before expenses, that the Company receives from such issuance. (g) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue, in connection with Acquisitions that have not been completed or Capital Improvements that have not Commenced Commercial Service, or both, an amount of Parity Units not to exceed the number of Parity Units then available for issuance without Unitholder approval pursuant to Section 5.7(a) (such number of Parity Units then available for issuance, the "Remaining Basket Amount"). The following shall apply with respect to issuances of Parity Units pursuant to this Section 5.7(g): (i) With respect to such issuance, the aggregate number of Parity Units to be issued (including Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) shall be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount; provided, however, that in considering the Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option, only the number of Parity Units actually issued pursuant to such option on or prior to the expiration of such option will be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount. (ii) With respect to Parity Units to be issued (including Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with an Acquisition that has not been completed: (A) Such Acquisition shall have been specifically identified in the prospectus or prospectus supplement filed in connection with the offer and sale of such Parity Units as a proposed Acquisition for which the net proceeds from the sale of such Parity Units will be used if such Acquisition is completed. (B) Upon completion of such Acquisition and application of the net proceeds received from the sale of such Parity Units to finance such Acquisition, the provisions of clause (i) above shall not apply and the Parity Units issued (including Parity Units issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with such Acquisition shall not be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount; provided, however, that such Acquisition would have resulted, on an estimated pro forma basis, in an increase in the amount of Adjusted Operating Surplus per Unit (such amount shall be calculated as set forth in Section 5.7(b) and such calculation is referred to in this Section 5.7(g) as the "Accretion Test"). (C) The Accretion Test in subclause (ii) above shall be performed immediately following completion of such Acquisition and in accordance with Section 5.7(b). (iii) With respect to Parity Units to be issued (including Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with a Capital Improvement that has not Commenced Commercial Service: (A) Such Capital Improvement shall have been specifically identified in the prospectus or prospectus supplement filed in connection with the offer and sale of such Parity Units as a Capital Improvement for which the net proceeds from the sale of such Parity Units will used to finance such Capital Improvement. (B) Upon such Capital Improvement having Commenced Commercial Service and provided the net proceeds from the sale of such Parity Units have been used to finance such Capital Improvement, the provisions of clause (i) above shall not apply and the Parity Units issued (including Parity Units issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with such Capital Improvement shall not be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount; provided, however, that such Capital Improvement meets the Accretion Test. (C) The Accretion Test in clause (ii) above shall be performed immediately following Commencement of Commercial Service and in accordance with Section 5.7(b). (h) No fractional Units shall be issued by the Company.
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Samples: Limited Liability Company Agreement (Copano Energy, L.L.C.), Limited Liability Company Agreement (Copano Energy, L.L.C.), Limited Liability Company Agreement (Copano Energy, L.L.C.)
Limitations on Issuance of Additional Company Securities. Except as otherwise specified in this Section 5.75.6, the issuance of Company Securities pursuant to Section 5.6 5.5 shall be subject to the following restrictions and limitations:
(a) During the Subordination Period, the Company shall not issue (and shall not issue any options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to) an aggregate of more than 3,519,126 additional Parity Units without the prior approval of the holders of a Unit Majority. In applying this limitation, there shall be excluded Common Units and other Parity Units issued (i) pursuant to Section 5.1 5.1(a) and 5.2(a), (ii) in accordance with Section 5.7(b5.6(b), (d), (e), (f) or (g), (iii) upon conversion of Subordinated Units pursuant to Section 5.85.7, (iv) pursuant to the employee benefit plans of the Company or any other Group Member, (v) upon a conversion or exchange of Parity Units issued after the date hereof into Common Units or other Parity Units; provided that the total amount of Available Cash required to pay the aggregate Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all Common Units and all Parity Units does not increase as a result of this conversion or exchange and (vi) in the event of a combination or subdivision of Common Units.
(b) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue an unlimited number of Parity Units without the prior approval of the Members, if such issuance occurs (i) in connection with an Acquisition or Capital Improvement or (ii) within 365 days of, and the net proceeds from such issuance are used to repay debt incurred in connection with, or to replenish cash reserves to the extent drawn down in connection with, an Acquisition or Capital Improvement, in each case where such Acquisition or Capital Improvement involves assets that, if acquired (or in the case of a Capital Improvement, Commenced Commercial Serviceput into commercial service) by the Company as of the date that is one year prior to the first day of the Quarter in which such Acquisition was consummated or such Capital Improvement was Commenced Commercial Service put into commercial service ("One Year Test Period"), would have resulted in an increase in:
(iA) the amount of Adjusted Operating Surplus generated by the Company on a per-Unit basis (for all Outstanding Units) with respect to the One Year Test Period, on an estimated pro forma basis (as described below), as compared to
(iiB) the actual amount of Adjusted Operating Surplus generated by the Company on a per-Unit basis (for all Outstanding Units) with respect to the One Year Test Period, as adjusted as provided below. The Board of Directors' determination that such an increase would have resulted shall be conclusive. The Board of Directors shall determine the amount in clause (A) above using such assumptions as it believes are reasonable. There shall be excluded from the amount in clause (B) above any Operating Surplus attributable to such Acquisition or Capital Improvement (regardless of whether such Operating Surplus is positive or negative). The number of Units deemed to be Outstanding for the purpose of calculating the amount in clause (B) above shall be the weighted average number of Units Outstanding during the One Year Test Period and shall exclude the Units issued or to be issued in connection with such Acquisition or Capital Improvement or within 365 days of such Acquisition or Capital Improvement where the net proceeds from such issuance are used to repay debt incurred, or to replenish cash reserves to the extent drawn down, in connection with such Acquisition or Capital Improvement. For the purposes of this Section 5.7(b5.6(b), the term "debt" shall be deemed to include the indebtedness used to extend, refinance, renew, replace or defease debt originally incurred in connection with an Acquisition or Capital Improvement; provided, that, the amount of such indebtedness does not exceed the principal sum of, plus accrued interest on and any prepayment penalty with respect toon, the indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced or defeased.
(c) During the Subordination Period, without the prior approval of the holders of a Unit Majority, the Company shall not issue any additional Company Securities (or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights related thereto) (i) that are entitled in any Quarter to receive in respect of the Subordination Period any distribution of Available Cash from Operating Surplus before the Common Units and any Parity Units have received (or amounts have been set aside for payment of) the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and any Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage for such Quarter or (ii) that are entitled to allocations in respect of the Subordination Period of Net Termination Gain before the Common Units and any Parity Units have been allocated Net Termination Gain pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B).
(d) During the Subordination Period, without the prior approval of the holders of a Unit Majority, the Company may issue additional Company Securities (or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights related thereto) (i) that are not entitled in any Quarter during the Subordination Period to receive any distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus until after the Common Units and any Parity Units have received (or amounts have been set aside for payment of) the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and any Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage for such Quarter and (ii) that are not entitled to allocations in respect of the Subordination Period of Net Termination Gain before the Common Units and Parity Units have been allocated Net Termination Gain pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B), even if (A) the amount of Available Cash from Operating Surplus to which each such Company Security is entitled to receive after the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and any Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage have been paid or set aside for payment on the Common Units exceeds the Minimum Quarterly Distribution or (B) the amount of Net Termination Gain to be allocated to such Company Security after Net Termination Gain has been allocated to any Common Units and Parity Units pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B) exceeds the amount of such Net Termination Gain to be allocated to each Common Unit or Parity Unit.
(e) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue an unlimited number of Parity Units without the prior approval of the Members, if the proceeds from such issuance are used exclusively to repay indebtedness of a Group Member where the aggregate amount of distributions that would have been paid with respect to such newly issued Parity Units, in respect of the four-Quarter period ending prior to the first day of the Quarter in which the issuance is to be consummated (assuming such newly issued Parity Units had been Outstanding throughout such period and that distributions equal to the distributions that were actually paid on the Outstanding Units during the period were paid on such newly issued Parity Units) would not have exceeded the interest costs actually incurred during such period on the indebtedness that is to be repaid (or, if such indebtedness was not outstanding throughout the entire period, would have been incurred had such indebtedness been outstanding for the entire period). In the event that the Company is required to pay a prepayment penalty in connection with the repayment of such indebtedness, for purposes of the foregoing test, the number of Parity Units issued to repay such indebtedness shall be deemed increased by the number of Parity Units that would need to be issued to pay such penalty.
(f) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue an unlimited number of Parity Units without the prior approval of the Members if the net proceeds of such issuance are used to redeem an equal number of Parity Units at a price per unit equal to the net proceeds per unit, before expenses, that the Company receives from such issuance.
(g) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue, in connection with Acquisitions that have not been completed or Capital Improvements that have not Commenced Commercial Service, or both, an amount of Parity Units not to exceed the number of Parity Units then available for issuance without Unitholder approval pursuant to Section 5.7(a5.6(a) (such number of Parity Units then available for issuance, the "Remaining Basket Amount"). The following shall apply with respect to issuances of Parity Units pursuant to this Section 5.7(g5.6(g):
(i) With respect to such issuance, the aggregate number of Parity Units to be issued (including Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) shall be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount; provided, however, that in considering the Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option, only the number of Parity Units actually issued pursuant to such option on or prior to the expiration of such option will be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount.
(ii) With respect to Parity Units to be issued (including Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with an Acquisition that has not been completed:
(A) Such Acquisition shall have been specifically identified in the prospectus or prospectus supplement filed in connection with the offer and sale of such Parity Units as a proposed Acquisition for which the net proceeds from the sale of such Parity Units will be used if such Acquisition is completed.
(B) Upon completion of such Acquisition and application of the net proceeds received from the sale of such Parity Units to finance such Acquisition, the provisions of clause (i) above shall not apply and the Parity Units issued (including Parity Units issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with such Acquisition shall not be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount; provided, however, that such Acquisition would have resulted, on an a pro forma or estimated pro forma basis, as applicable, in an increase in the amount of Adjusted Operating Surplus per Unit (such amount shall be calculated as set forth in Section 5.7(b5.6(b) and such calculation is referred to in this Section 5.7(g5.6(h) as the "Accretion Test").
(CA) The Accretion Test in subclause (ii) above shall be performed immediately following completion of such Acquisition and in accordance with Section 5.7(b5.6(b).
(iii) With respect to Parity Units to be issued (including Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with a Capital Improvement that has not Commenced Commercial Service:
(A) Such Capital Improvement shall have been specifically identified in the prospectus or prospectus supplement filed in connection with the offer and sale of such Parity Units as a Capital Improvement for which the net proceeds from the sale of such Parity Units will used to finance such Capital Improvement.
(B) Upon such Capital Improvement having Commenced Commercial Service and provided the net proceeds from the sale of such Parity Units have been used to finance such Capital Improvement, the provisions of clause (i) above shall not apply and the Parity Units issued (including Parity Units issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with such Capital Improvement shall not be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount; provided, however, that such Capital Improvement meets the Accretion Test.
(CA) The Accretion Test in clause (ii) above shall be performed immediately following Commencement of Commercial Service and in accordance with Section 5.7(b5.6(b).
(h) No fractional Units shall be issued by the Company.
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Samples: Limited Liability Company Agreement (Copano Energy, L.L.C.)
Limitations on Issuance of Additional Company Securities. Except as otherwise specified in this Section 5.7, the issuance of Company Securities pursuant to Section 5.6 shall be subject to the following restrictions and limitations:
(a) During the Subordination Period, the Company shall not issue (and shall not issue any options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to) an aggregate of more than 3,519,126 additional Parity Units without the prior approval of the holders of a Unit Majority. In applying this limitation, there shall be excluded Common Units and other Parity Units issued (i) pursuant to Section 5.1 5.1(a) and 5.2(a), (ii) in accordance with Section 5.7(b), (d), (e), (f) or (g), (iii) upon conversion of Subordinated Units pursuant to Section 5.8, (iv) pursuant to the employee benefit plans of the Company or any other Group Member, (v) upon a conversion or exchange of Parity Units issued after the date hereof into Common Units or other Parity Units; provided that the total amount of Available Cash required to pay the aggregate Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all Common Units and all Parity Units does not increase as a result of this conversion or exchange and (vi) in the event of a combination or subdivision of Common Units.
(b) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue an unlimited number of Parity Units without the prior approval of the Members, if such issuance occurs (i) in connection with an Acquisition or Capital Improvement or (ii) within 365 days of, and the net proceeds from such issuance are used to repay debt incurred in connection with, or to replenish cash reserves to the extent drawn down in connection with, an Acquisition or Capital Improvement, in each case where such Acquisition or Capital Improvement involves assets that, if acquired (or in the case of a Capital Improvement, Commenced Commercial Serviceput into commercial service) by the Company as of the date that is one year prior to the first day of the Quarter in which such Acquisition was consummated or such Capital Improvement was Commenced Commercial Service put into commercial service ("One Year Test Period"), would have resulted in an increase in:
(iA) the amount of Adjusted Operating Surplus generated by the Company on a per-Unit basis (for all Outstanding Units) with respect to the One Year Test Period, on an estimated pro forma basis (as described below), as compared to
(iiB) the actual amount of Adjusted Operating Surplus generated by the Company on a per-Unit basis (for all Outstanding Units) with respect to the One Year Test Period, as adjusted as provided below. The Board of Directors' determination that such an increase would have resulted shall be conclusive. The Board of Directors shall determine the amount in clause (A) above using such assumptions as it believes are reasonable. There shall be excluded from the amount in clause (B) above any Operating Surplus attributable to such Acquisition or Capital Improvement (regardless of whether such Operating Surplus is positive or negative). The number of Units deemed to be Outstanding for the purpose of calculating the amount in clause (B) above shall be the weighted average number of Units Outstanding during the One Year Test Period and shall exclude the Units issued or to be issued in connection with such Acquisition or Capital Improvement or within 365 days of such Acquisition or Capital Improvement where the net proceeds from such issuance are used to repay debt incurred, or to replenish cash reserves to the extent drawn down, in connection with such Acquisition or Capital Improvement. For the purposes of this Section 5.7(b), the term "debt" shall be deemed to include the indebtedness used to extend, refinance, renew, replace or defease debt originally incurred in connection with an Acquisition or Capital Improvement; provided, that, the amount of such indebtedness does not exceed the principal sum of, plus accrued interest on and any prepayment penalty with respect toon, the indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced or defeased.
(c) During the Subordination Period, without the prior approval of the holders of a Unit Majority, the Company shall not issue any additional Company Securities (or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights related thereto) (i) that are entitled in any Quarter to receive in respect of the Subordination Period any distribution of Available Cash from Operating Surplus before the Common Units and any Parity Units have received (or amounts have been set aside for payment of) the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and any Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage for such Quarter or (ii) that are entitled to allocations in respect of the Subordination Period of Net Termination Gain before the Common Units and any Parity Units have been allocated Net Termination Gain pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B).
(d) During the Subordination Period, without the prior approval of the holders of a Unit Majority, the Company may issue additional Company Securities (or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights related thereto) (i) that are not entitled in any Quarter during the Subordination Period to receive any distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus until after the Common Units and any Parity Units have received (or amounts have been set aside for payment of) the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and any Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage for such Quarter and (ii) that are not entitled to allocations in respect of the Subordination Period of Net Termination Gain before the Common Units and Parity Units have been allocated Net Termination Gain pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B), even if (A) the amount of Available Cash from Operating Surplus to which each such Company Security is entitled to receive after the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and any Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage have been paid or set aside for payment on the Common Units exceeds the Minimum Quarterly Distribution or (B) the amount of Net Termination Gain to be allocated to such Company Security after Net Termination Gain has been allocated to any Common Units and Parity Units pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B) exceeds the amount of such Net Termination Gain to be allocated to each Common Unit or Parity Unit.
(e) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue an unlimited number of Parity Units without the prior approval of the Members, if the proceeds from such issuance are used exclusively to repay indebtedness of a Group Member where the aggregate amount of distributions that would have been paid with respect to such newly issued Parity Units, in respect of the four-Quarter period ending prior to the first day of the Quarter in which the issuance is to be consummated (assuming such newly issued Parity Units had been Outstanding throughout such period and that distributions equal to the distributions that were actually paid on the Outstanding Units during the period were paid on such newly issued Parity Units) would not have exceeded the interest costs actually incurred during such period on the indebtedness that is to be repaid (or, if such indebtedness was not outstanding throughout the entire period, would have been incurred had such indebtedness been outstanding for the entire period). In the event that the Company is required to pay a prepayment penalty in connection with the repayment of such indebtedness, for purposes of the foregoing test, the number of Parity Units issued to repay such indebtedness shall be deemed increased by the number of Parity Units that would need to be issued to pay such penalty.
(f) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue an unlimited number of Parity Units without the prior approval of the Members if the net proceeds of such issuance are used to redeem an equal number of Parity Units at a price per unit equal to the net proceeds per unit, before expenses, that the Company receives from such issuance.
(g) During the Subordination Period, the Company may also issue, in connection with Acquisitions that have not been completed or Capital Improvements that have not Commenced Commercial Service, or both, an amount of Parity Units not to exceed the number of Parity Units then available for issuance without Unitholder approval pursuant to Section 5.7(a) (such number of Parity Units then available for issuance, the "Remaining Basket Amount"). The following shall apply with respect to issuances of Parity Units pursuant to this Section 5.7(g):
(i) With respect to such issuance, the aggregate number of Parity Units to be issued (including Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) shall be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount; provided, however, that in considering the Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option, only the number of Parity Units actually issued pursuant to such option on or prior to the expiration of such option will be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount.
(ii) With respect to Parity Units to be issued (including Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with an Acquisition that has not been completed:
(A) Such Acquisition shall have been specifically identified in the prospectus or prospectus supplement filed in connection with the offer and sale of such Parity Units as a proposed Acquisition for which the net proceeds from the sale of such Parity Units will be used if such Acquisition is completed.
(B) Upon completion of such Acquisition and application of the net proceeds received from the sale of such Parity Units to finance such Acquisition, the provisions of clause (i) above shall not apply and the Parity Units issued (including Parity Units issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with such Acquisition shall not be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount; provided, however, that such Acquisition would have resulted, on an a pro forma or estimated pro forma basis, as applicable, in an increase in the amount of Adjusted Operating Surplus per Unit (such amount shall be calculated as set forth in Section 5.7(b) and such calculation is referred to in this Section 5.7(g5.7(h) as the "Accretion Test").
(CA) The Accretion Test in subclause (ii) above shall be performed immediately following completion of such Acquisition and in accordance with Section 5.7(b).
(iii) With respect to Parity Units to be issued (including Parity Units to be issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with a Capital Improvement that has not Commenced Commercial Service:
(A) Such Capital Improvement shall have been specifically identified in the prospectus or prospectus supplement filed in connection with the offer and sale of such Parity Units as a Capital Improvement for which the net proceeds from the sale of such Parity Units will used to finance such Capital Improvement.
(B) Upon such Capital Improvement having Commenced Commercial Service and provided the net proceeds from the sale of such Parity Units have been used to finance such Capital Improvement, the provisions of clause (i) above shall not apply and the Parity Units issued (including Parity Units issued upon the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment or other similar option) in connection with such Capital Improvement shall not be deemed to have been issued from, and charged against, the Remaining Basket Amount; provided, however, that such Capital Improvement meets the Accretion Test.
(CA) The Accretion Test in clause (ii) above shall be performed immediately following Commencement of Commercial Service and in accordance with Section 5.7(b).
(h) No fractional Units shall be issued by the Company.
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Samples: Limited Liability Company Agreement (Copano Energy, L.L.C.)