Restriction on Distributions (a) No distribution shall be made if, after giving effect to the distribution: (i) The Company would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business; or (ii) The Company’s total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus, unless this Agreement provides otherwise, the amount that would be needed, if the Company were to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights of other Member(s), if any, upon dissolution that are superior to the rights of the Member receiving the distribution. (b) The Member(s) may base a determination that a distribution is not prohibited on any of the following: (i) Financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting practices and principles that are reasonable in the circumstances; (ii) A fair valuation; or (iii) Any other method that is reasonable in the circumstances. The effect of a distribution is to be measured as of the date the distribution is authorized if the payment is to occur within 30 days after the date of authorization, or the date payment is made if it is to occur more than 30 days after the date of authorization. (c) A Member who votes for a distribution in violation of this Agreement or the Act shall be personally liable to the Company for the amount of the distribution that exceeds what could have been distributed without violating this Agreement or the Act if it is established that the Member did not act in compliance with this Section 6.3. Any Member who is so liable shall be entitled to compel contribution from (i) each other Member who also is so liable, and (ii) each Member for the amount such Member received with knowledge of facts indicating that the distribution was made in violation of this Agreement or the Act.
Limitation on Distributions Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company, and the Managing Member on behalf of the Company, shall not be required to make a distribution to any Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law.
Prohibition on Dividends Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any order of any Regulatory Agency (other than orders applicable to bank or savings and loan holding companies and their subsidiaries generally), under any applicable law, or under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties, assets or operations to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
Prohibition on Resale Subject to any specific conditions included in the solicitation or Contractor’s proposal as accepted by the Lead State, or as explicitly permitted in a Participating Addendum, Purchasing Entities may not resell Products purchased under this Master Agreement. Absent any such condition or explicit permission, this limitation does not prohibit: payments by employees of a Purchasing Entity for Products; sales of Products to the general public as surplus property; and fees associated with inventory transactions with other governmental or nonprofit entities and consistent with a Purchasing Entity’s laws and regulations. Any sale or transfer permitted by this subsection must be consistent with license rights granted for use of intellectual property.
Limitation Upon Distributions Notwithstanding Section 3.1 above, no distribution shall be declared and paid unless, after the distribution is made, the assets of the Company are in excess of all liabilities of the Company.
Limitation on Dividends The Borrower will not declare or pay any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in its Qualified Equity Interests) or return any capital to its stockholders (including any option holders) or make any other distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to its stockholders as such, or redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration, any shares of any class of its Stock or Stock Equivalents or the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect parent now or hereafter outstanding, or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes, or permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration (other than in connection with an Investment permitted by Section 10.5) any Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower, now or hereafter outstanding (all of the foregoing, “dividends”): (a) the Borrower may (or may pay dividends to permit any direct or indirect parent thereof to) redeem in whole or in part any of its Stock or Stock Equivalents for another class of its (or such parent’s) Stock or Stock Equivalents or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Stock or Stock Equivalents, provided that such new Stock or Stock Equivalents contain terms and provisions at least as advantageous to the Lenders in all respects material to their interests as those contained in the Stock or Stock Equivalents redeemed thereby; (b) the Borrower may (or may pay dividends to permit any direct or indirect parent thereof to) repurchase shares of its (or such parent’s) Stock or Stock Equivalents held by any present or former officer, director or employee (or their respective Affiliates, estates or immediate family members) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any parent thereof, so long as such repurchase is pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, management and/or employee stock plans, stock subscription agreements or shareholder agreements or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement; (c) provided that, so long as (other than with respect to clause (c)(z) below) no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto, the Borrower may pay dividends on its Stock or Stock Equivalents, provided that the amount of all such dividends paid from the Original Closing Date pursuant to this clause (c) (other than dividends paid pursuant to clause (c)(x) below prior to March 31, 2015), when aggregated with (i) all aggregate principal amounts paid pursuant to Section 10.7(a)(y)(i) from the 2014 July Repricing Effective Date and (ii) all loans and advances made to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.5(m) in lieu of dividends permitted by this clause (c) shall not exceed an amount equal to (x)(a) if, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is less than 7.0 to 1.0, $200,000,000 or (b) if, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is greater than 7.0 to 1.0, $0 plus (y) if, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is less than 7.0 to 1.0, the Applicable Amount plus (z) the Applicable Equity Amount at such time; for the avoidance of doubt, amounts prepaid in reliance on and in compliance with Section 10.7(a)(y)(i) shall not retroactively cause any breach of this Section 10.6(c) in respect of dividends previously paid in compliance with this Section 10.6(c); (d) the Borrower may pay dividends: (i) the proceeds of which will be used to pay income tax liability attributable to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated tax returns filed by a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in an amount not to exceed the income tax liability of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries were they to file as a stand-alone group, reduced by any such income taxes paid directly by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) the proceeds of which shall be used to allow any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to pay (A) its operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business and attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower, not to exceed $3,500,000 in any fiscal year plus (B) any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors or officers of the Borrower (or any parent thereof) attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) fees and expenses otherwise due and payable by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and permitted to be paid by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary under this Agreement (including in respect of any initial public offering); (iii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay franchise and excise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain the corporate existence of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower; and (iv) to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to finance any Investment permitted to be made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 10.5; provided that (A) such dividend shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (B) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets, Stock or Stock Equivalents) to be contributed to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the merger (to the extent permitted in Section 10.5) of the Person formed or acquired into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (C) the Borrower shall comply with Sections 9.11 and 9.12 to the extent applicable; (e) [Reserved]; (f) the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (ii) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms; (g) the Borrower may pay any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement; (h) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends on the Borrower’s common stock following the first public offering of the Borrower’s common stock or the common stock of any of its direct or indirect parents after the Original Closing Date, of up to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by or contributed as common equity to the Borrower in or from any such public offering to the extent such net proceeds are not utilized in connection with other transactions permitted by Section 10.5, 10.6 or 10.7; and (i) the Borrower may pay dividends in an amount equal to withholding or similar Taxes payable or expected to be payable by any present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or their respective Affiliates, estates or immediate family members) and any repurchases of Stock or Stock Equivalents in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options.
Limitation on Disposition of Property Dispose of any of its Property (including, without limitation, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except: (a) the Disposition of (i) cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or (ii) other Property that the Company (or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) reasonably determines is no longer used or useful in its business, has become obsolete, damaged or surplus or is replaced in the ordinary course of business, including the lease or sublease of excess or unneeded real property not constituting a sale and leaseback; (b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business; (c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.04(b); provided that promptly after any such Disposition of any Property to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, all actions reasonably required by the Collateral Agent shall be taken to insure the perfection and priority of the Liens created by the Security Documents on such Property; (d) the sale or issuance of any Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, to any other Restricted Subsidiary; (e) Dispositions from (i) the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that promptly after any such Disposition, all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent shall be taken to insure the continued perfection and priority of the Liens created by the Security Documents on such Property and assets, (ii) from a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) from a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; (f) discounts, adjustments or forgiveness of accounts receivable and other contract claims in the ordinary course of business or in connection with collection or compromise thereof; (g) subject to the proviso below, unlimited Dispositions for Fair Market Value; (h) any Recovery Event; (i) Dispositions resulting from any taking or condemnation of any property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (j) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted under Section 7.10; (k) to the extent constituting Dispositions, Investments permitted under Section 7.07 and Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06; (l) the sale (without recourse) of receivables (and related assets) pursuant to factoring or other receivables sale arrangements and similar financing programs; (m) assignments and licenses of intellectual property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; and (n) the purchase and sale or other transfer (including by capital contribution) of Securitization Assets or interests therein pursuant to any Permitted Securitization Financing; provided, that in the case of a Specified Disposition, the Company would, immediately after giving effect to such Specified Disposition be in compliance with the Financial Covenants, determined on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to such Specified Disposition as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period (and assuming for such purposes the repayment of any Indebtedness repaid, tendered, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or discharged in connection with such Specified Disposition), provided, further, that, with respect to paragraph (g) above, no Default or Event of Default exists or will result therefrom and at least 75% of the consideration received therefor by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $10,000,000 for any individual Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, provided further that for purposes of this proviso, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (i) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or are otherwise cancelled in connection with such transaction (other than any such liabilities that are subordinated to the Obligations), (ii) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) and (iii) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to clause (g) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $25,000,000, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value. For the avoidance of doubt, any issuance or sale of Capital Stock of the Company shall not be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 7.05.
Restriction on Timing of Distribution Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive is considered a Specified Employee at Separation from Service under such procedures as established by the Bank in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, benefit distributions that are made upon Separation from Service may not commence earlier than six (6) months after the date of such Separation from Service. Therefore, in the event this Section 2.5 is applicable to the Executive, any distribution which would otherwise be paid to the Executive within the first six months following the Separation from Service shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the Separation from Service. All subsequent distributions shall be paid in the manner specified.
Restriction on Timing of Distributions Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive is considered a Specified Employee at Termination of Employment under such procedures as established by the Company in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, benefit distributions that are made upon Termination of Employment may not commence earlier than six (6) months after the date of such Termination of Employment, or if earlier, the date of death. Therefore, in the event this Section 2.5 is applicable to the Executive, any distribution which would otherwise be paid to the Executive within the first six months following the Termination of Employment shall be accumulated and paid in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the Termination of Employment, or, if earlier, within sixty (60) days from the date of the Executive’s death. All subsequent distributions shall be paid in the manner specified.
Prohibition on Liens Company and each Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of Company, any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired except: (i) Permitted Encumbrances; (ii) Liens granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents; (iii) Liens described in Schedule 8.2 annexed hereto and any extensions, refinancings or renewals thereof, provided that (i) the property covered thereby is not changed in any material respect, (ii) the amount secured thereby is not increased and (iii) the direct and contingent obligors with respect thereto are not changed (other than ceasing to be obligors); (iv) Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(iii) and arising from the giving, simultaneously with or within 180 days after the acquisition, construction or improvement of real property or tangible personal property, of any purchase money Lien (including vendors’ rights under purchase contracts under an agreement whereby title is retained for the purpose of securing the purchase price thereof) on real property or tangible personal property acquired, constructed or improved and not theretofore owned by Company, any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or from the acquiring of real property or tangible personal property not theretofore owned by Company, any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries subject to any then-existing Lien (whether or not assumed), or from the extension, renewal or replacement of any Indebtedness secured by any of the foregoing Liens so long as the aggregate principal amount thereof and the security therefor is not thereby increased; provided, however, that in each case (a) such Lien is limited to such acquired, constructed or improved real or tangible personal property and fixed improvements, if any, then existing or thereafter erected thereon, and (b) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien, together (without duplication) with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness secured by Liens on such property, shall not exceed the cost (which shall be deemed to include, without duplication, the amount of Indebtedness secured by Liens, including existing Liens, on such property) of such property to Company, any Borrower or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary; (v) Permitted Real Property Encumbrances; (vi) Liens on acquired assets securing Acquired Indebtedness; and Liens on any assets of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged or amalgamated with or into the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (so long as such Lien does not attach to any assets of the surviving Person other than those assets subject to such Liens prior to such amalgamation or merger); provided that such Liens were created prior to and not in anticipation of the acquisition of such acquired assets or acquired Restricted Subsidiary; or such merger or amalgamation; (vii) In addition to Liens permitted by the other clauses of this Section, Liens on the assets of Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness or other obligations of such Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries (other than ACI, O-I Canada, OIEG, OI Europe, any of the Offshore Guarantors and/or, as applicable, an Additional Foreign Subsidiary Borrower); (viii) In addition to Liens permitted by the other clauses of this Section, Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (A) $500,000,000 or (B) 7.50% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; (ix) Liens securing Receivables Sale Indebtedness; provided that such Liens encumber solely the receivables so sold and customary related assets (including cash reserves and deposit accounts established in connection therewith); (x) Liens on deposits of cash or Cash Equivalents securing bona-fide hedging arrangements with Lenders or Affiliates thereof; (xi) Liens in respect of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1(xv) to the extent such Lien exists at the time of redesignation of the applicable Person; and (xii) Liens incurred in connection with the issuance of letters of credit permitted under Section 8.4(ii)(y).