Negative Pledge Agreements; Dividend Restrictions The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any contract, agreement or understanding which prohibits or restricts the granting, conveying, creation or imposition of any Lien on any of its Property in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or restricts any Restricted Subsidiary from paying dividends or making distributions to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, or which requires the consent of other Persons in connection therewith; provided, however, that the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions arising under or by reason of (a) this Agreement or the Security Instruments, (b) any leases or licenses or similar contracts as they affect any Property or Lien, (c) any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the direct or indirect sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Equity Interests or Property of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition, (d) customary provisions with respect to the distribution of Property in joint venture agreements, (e) any agreements with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary acquired in a transaction permitted by Section 9.05 (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the Property of such Restricted Subsidiary) and (f) any agreements governing Debt permitted by Section 9.02 incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Disposal of Subsidiary Stock Company shall not:
No Negative Pledge Borrower will not enter into or permit to exist any arrangement or agreement, other than pursuant to this Agreement or any Loan Document, which directly or indirectly prohibits or limits the ability of Borrower to or from creating or incurring a Lien on any of its assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
Additional Negative Pledges Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective, directly or indirectly, any prohibition or restriction on the creation or existence of any Lien upon any asset of any Consolidated Company, other than pursuant to (i) the terms of any agreement, instrument or other document pursuant to which any Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(a) or (b) is incurred by any Consolidated Company, so long as such prohibition or restriction applies only to the property or asset being financed by such Indebtedness, and (ii) any requirement of applicable law or any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over any of the Consolidated Companies.
Disposal of Subsidiary Interests Except for any sale of all of its interests in the Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the provisions of Section 8.10 and except for Liens securing the Obligations, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) directly or indirectly sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries, except to qualify directors if required by Applicable Laws; or (b) permit any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly to sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries, except to another Credit Party (subject to the restrictions on such disposition otherwise imposed hereunder), or to qualify directors if required by Applicable Laws.
Negative Pledges, Restrictive Agreements, etc The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement prohibiting
Certain Agreements of Pledgors As Issuers and Holders of Equity Interests (a) In the case of each Pledgor which is an issuer of Securities Collateral, such Pledgor agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Securities Collateral issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it.
Negative Pledges, Etc Enter into any agreement subsequent to the Closing Date (other than a Loan Document) which (a) prohibits the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of the Collateral, including, without limitation, any hereafter acquired property, (b) specifically prohibits the amendment or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or (c) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
No Negative Pledges (a) No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual restriction or encumbrance of any kind on the ability of any Credit Party or Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distribution on any of such Credit Party’s or Subsidiary’s Stock or Stock Equivalents or to pay fees, including management fees, or make other payments and distributions to the Borrower or any other Credit Party except those contained in the Second Lien Indebtedness Documents or in the documents evidencing other Indebtedness permitted hereunder but only to the extent not more restrictive than the restrictions contained in the Second Lien Indebtedness Documents. 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 or otherwise restricting the existence of any Lien upon any of its assets in favor of Agent securing Obligations, whether now owned or hereafter acquired except (i) in connection with any document or instrument governing Liens permitted pursuant to Sections 5.1(h) and 5.1(i), provided, that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such permitted Liens, (ii) restrictions set forth in a lease of Real Estate if and to the extent same only apply to the Borrower’s leasehold estate created by such lease, and (iii) any prohibition or limitation that (A) exists pursuant to applicable Requirements of Law, (B) consists of customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale or other disposition of any property permitted under Section 5.2 pending the consummation of such sale or disposition, but only with respect to the property subject to such sale or disposition, (C) restricts licensing or sublicensing or assignment of a contract (provided nothing therein limits the ability of a party thereto to assign its interests in and to all proceeds derived from or in connection with such contract), or subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest, of any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof permitted hereunder or (D) consists of customary restrictions on the disposition of Real Estate interests found in reciprocal easement agreements of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries which prohibit such dispositions without granting such reciprocal easements.
Limitations on Negative Pledges Enter into, incur or permit to exist, or permit any Subsidiary to enter into, incur or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any agreement, instrument, deed, lease or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or that requires the grant of any security for an obligation if security is granted for another obligation, except the following: (i) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.02(b) of this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (iii) any customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale or other disposition of assets or of a Subsidiary pending such sale or other disposition; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets or Subsidiary to be sold or disposed of and such sale or disposition is permitted hereunder, and (iv) customary provisions in leases restricting the assignment or sublet thereof.
