No Negative Pledges (a) No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, to create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual prohibition or limitation on the ability of any such Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distribution on any of such Subsidiary’s Stock or Stock Equivalents or to pay fees, including management fees, or make other payments and distributions to a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, assume or become subject to any Contractual Obligation prohibiting the existence of any Lien upon any of its assets in favor of the Agent, whether now owned or hereafter acquired. Notwithstanding the foregoing two sentences, the following encumbrances or restrictions shall be permitted: (i) encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (B) Indebtedness permitted by Section 5.5(d); (C) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest; (D) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into by a Subsidiary of a Borrower in the Ordinary Course of Business; (E) any holder of a Permitted Lien restricting the transfer of the property subject thereto; (F) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 5.2 pending the consummation of such sale; (G) in the case of a Joint Venture, restrictions in such person’s Organization Documents or pursuant to any joint venture agreement or stockholders agreements solely to the extent of the Stock or Stock Equivalents of or property held in the subject Joint Venture and (H) any agreement in effect on the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 5.16; or (ii) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the agreements referred to in clause (i) above; provided that such amendments or refinancings are no more restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendment or refinancing.
(b) No Borrower (other than ITG) shall issue any Stock or Stock Equivalents (i) if such issuance would result in an Event of Default under subsection 7.1(m) and (ii) unless such Stock and Stock Equivalents are pledged to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for the Obligations, on substantially the same terms and conditions as the Stock and Stock Equivalents of the Borrowers pledged to the Agent as of the Closing Date.
No Other Negative Pledges Enter into or suffer to exist any agreement or restriction that, directly or indirectly, prohibits or conditions the creation, incurrence or assumption of any Lien upon or with respect to any part of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except for such agreements or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (ii) applicable Requirements of Law, (iii) any agreement or instrument creating a Permitted Lien (but only to the extent such agreement or restriction applies to the assets subject to such Permitted Lien), (iv) customary provisions in leases and licenses of real or personal property entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary as lessee or licensee in the ordinary course of business, restricting the granting of Liens therein or in property that is the subject thereof, and (v) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of assets (including Capital Stock of a Subsidiary) pending such sale, provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets being sold and such sale is permitted under this Agreement.
Negative Pledges Holdings and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, agree or covenant with any Person to restrict in any way its ability to grant any Lien on its assets in favor of the Lenders, other than pursuant to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, any Additional Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any Additional Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement contemplated by this Agreement, and except that this Section 10.10 shall not apply to:
(i) any covenants contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Documents or that exist on the Closing Date;
(ii) covenants existing under the ABL Credit Documents and the Secured Notes Indenture, each as in effect on the Closing Date (or as amended in a manner consistent with any amendment to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents), and the other definitive documentation entered into in connection with any of the foregoing;
(iii) the covenants contained in any Refinancing Term Loans, any Refinancing Note/Loan Documents, any Permitted Pari Passu Notes Documents, Permitted Pari Passu Loan Documents, any Permitted Junior Debt, any documentation governing ABL Term Incremental Equivalent Debt, any documentation governing ABL Term Refinancing Debt, any documentation governing a Qualified Securitization Transaction or Receivables Facility (in each case, so long as same do not restrict the granting of Liens to secure Indebtedness pursuant to this Agreement);
(iv) covenants and agreements made in connection with any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement but only if such covenant or agreement applies solely to the specific asset or assets to which such Lien relates;
(v) customary provisions in leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses and other contracts restricting the right of assignment thereof;
(vi) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures that are applicable solely to such joint venture;
(vii) restrictions imposed by law;
(viii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to any sale of assets or Equity Interests pending such sale; provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Person or property that is to be sold;
(ix) contractual obligations binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such contractual obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;
(x) negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness for borrowed money entered into after the Closing Date and otherwise 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;
(xi) restrictions on any Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary permitted to be incurred hereunder;
(xii) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
(xiii) any restrictions on Liens imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (ix), (x) and (xi) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of Xxxxxxxx, not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.
Other Liens or Interests Except for the conveyances hereunder, Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on the Receivables or the Other Conveyed Property or any interest therein, and Seller shall defend the right, title, and interest of Purchaser and the Issuer in and to the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property against all claims of third parties claiming through or under Seller.
ENCUMBRANCES AND LIENS The Contractor shall not cause or permit any lien, attachment or other encumbrance by any person to be placed on file or to remain on file in any public office or on file with UNDP against any monies due to the Contractor or that may become due for any work done or against any goods supplied or materials furnished under the Contract, or by reason of any other claim or demand against the Contractor or UNDP.
No Liens, Etc The Collateral and each part thereof is owned by the Borrower free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than Permitted Liens) or restrictions on transferability and the Borrower has the full right, power and lawful authority to assign, transfer and pledge the same and interests therein, and upon the making of each Advance, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, will have acquired a perfected, first priority and valid security interest (except, as to priority, for any Permitted Liens) in such Collateral, free and clear of any Adverse Claim or restrictions on transferability. The Borrower has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral and no effective financing statement (other than with respect to Permitted Liens) or other instrument similar in effect naming or purportedly naming the Borrower or any of its Affiliates as debtor and covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any recording office, except such as may have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent as “Secured Party” pursuant hereto or as necessary or advisable in connection with the Sale Agreement. There are no judgments or Liens for Taxes with respect to the Borrower and no claim is being asserted with respect to the Taxes of the Borrower.
Permitted Liens Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, file or authorize the filing under the Uniform Commercial Code or any Requirement of Law of any jurisdiction, a financing statement (or the equivalent thereof) that names it or any of its Subsidiaries as debtor; sign any security agreement authorizing any secured party thereunder to file such financing statement (or the equivalent thereof) other than, as to all of the above, the following (collectively, "Permitted Liens"):
(a) Liens in favor of Agent;
(b) Liens securing Debt that is permitted under Section 9.2.1(c);
(c) Liens for Taxes not yet due or being Properly Contested;
(d) statutory Liens (other than Liens for Taxes or imposed under ERISA) arising in the Ordinary Course of Business, but only if (i) payment of the obligations secured thereby is not yet due or is being Properly Contested, and (ii) such Liens do not materially impair the value or use of the Property or materially impair operation of the business of Borrowers or their Subsidiaries;
(e) Liens incurred or deposits made in the Ordinary Course of Business to secure the performance of government tenders, bids, contracts, statutory obligations and other similar obligations, as long as such Liens are at all times junior to Agent's Liens and are required or provided by law;
(f) Liens arising in the Ordinary Course of Business that are subject to Lien Waivers;
(g) Liens arising by virtue of a judgment or judicial order against Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, or any Property of Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, as long as such Liens are (i) in existence for less than 20 consecutive days or being Properly Contested, and (ii) at all times junior to Agent's Liens;
(h) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, covenants or other agreements of record, and other similar charges or encumbrances on Real Estate, that do not secure any monetary obligation and do not interfere with the Ordinary Course of Business;
(i) normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits in favor of depository institutions, and Liens of a collecting bank on Payment Items in the course of collection; and
(j) carriers', warehousemen's, landlord's, mechanics, materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the Ordinary Course of Business that secure obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or are being Properly Contested;
(k) Liens securing the Debt that is permitted under Section 9.2.1(f); provided that such Liens are at all times subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(l) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law which secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods, but only to the extent such Liens secure amounts not yet due;
(m) existing Liens shown on Schedule 9.2.2 and replacement Liens on the property subject to such Liens, but only to the extent that the amount of debt secured thereby, and the property secured thereby, shall not be increased; and
(n) Liens in favor of Borrower in respect of its consignment interests encumbering its Consigned Inventory (as defined in the Revolver Loan Agreement).
No Liens or Encumbrances Company's title to and ownership of Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities that were designed and constructed by Seller and/or its Contractors shall be free and clear of liens and encumbrances.
No Liens To the knowledge of the Seller, no liens or claims shall have been filed, including liens for work, labor or materials relating to a Financed Vehicle, that shall be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the security interest in such Financed Vehicle granted by the related Receivable.
Negative Pledge (i) The Issuer will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance of any nature (mortgages, pledges, liens and other encumbrances being hereinafter called “mortgage” or “mortgages”) upon any property of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, or upon any shares of stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, without in any such case effectively providing, concurrently with the issuance, assumption or guarantee of any such indebtedness for borrowed money, that the Notes (together with, if the Issuer shall so determine, any other indebtedness of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary ranking equally with the Notes then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured equally and ratably with such indebtedness for borrowed money; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:
(1) mortgages existing on 1 August, 2006;
(2) mortgages to secure the payment of all or part of the purchase price of such property (other than property acquired for lease to a Person other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) upon the acquisition of such property by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money incurred or guaranteed by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary prior to, at the time of, or within 60 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction or commencement of full operation of such property, which indebtedness for borrowed money is incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or construction thereof or improvements thereon; provided, however, that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement, the mortgage shall not apply to any property theretofore owned by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than, in the case of any such construction or improvement, any theretofore unimproved real property on which the property so constructed, or the improvement, is located;
(3) mortgages on the property of a Restricted Subsidiary on the date it became a Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) mortgages securing indebtedness for borrowed money of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(5) mortgages on property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a purchase, lease or other acquisition of the properties of a corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an entirety by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(6) any replacement or successive replacement in whole or in part of any mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) to (5), inclusive; provided, however, that the principal amount of the indebtedness for borrowed money secured by the mortgage shall not be increased and the principal repayment schedule and maturity of such indebtedness shall not be extended and (i) such replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property which secured the mortgage so replaced (plus improvements and construction on such property), or (ii) if the property which secured the mortgage so replaced has been destroyed, condemned or damaged and pursuant to the terms of the mortgage other property has been substituted therefor, then such replacement shall be limited to all or part of such substituted property; or
(7) liens created by or resulting from any litigation or other proceeding which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, including liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is in good faith prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review; or liens incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge in the course of any litigation or other proceeding to which the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is a party; or
(8) liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or delinquent, or which can thereafter be paid without penalty, or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; landlord’s liens on property held under lease; and any other liens or charges incidental to the conduct of the business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or the ownership of the property and assets of any of them which were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit and which do not, in the opinion of the Issuer, materially impair the use of such property in the operation of the business of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary or the value of such property for the purposes of such business.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Condition 3(c), the Issuer and any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee indebtedness for borrowed money secured by mortgages which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions in an aggregate amount which, together with all the other outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by mortgages which is not listed in clauses (1) through (8) of subsection (i) of this Condition 3(c), does not at the time exceed 12 1/2 per cent. of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as determined by reference to the audited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer as of the end of the fiscal year preceding the date of determination.
(iii) For the purposes of this Condition 3(c) only, “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total amount of assets (less depreciation and valuation reserves and other reserves and items deductible from the gross book value of specific asset amounts under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States) which under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States would be included on a balance sheet of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after deducting therefrom (i) all liability items except indebtedness (whether incurred, assumed or guaranteed) for borrowed money maturing by its terms more than one year from the date of creation thereof or which is extendible or renewable at the sole option of the obligor in such manner that it may become payable more than one year from the date of creation thereof, shareholders’ equity and reserves for deferred income taxes, (ii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortised debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, which in each case would be so included on such balance sheet, and (iii) amounts invested in, or equity in the net assets of, Non-Restricted Subsidiaries.
