Consent Rights (a) For so long as the Berkshire Investor and its Affiliates collectively beneficially own at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the following actions by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall require the approval, in addition to the Board’s approval (or the approval of the required governing body of any Subsidiary of the Company), of the Berkshire Investor:
(i) any redemption, acquisition or other purchase of any shares of Equity Securities (a “Repurchase”) from the KKR Investor or any of its Affiliates other than on a pro rata basis; and
(ii) any other transaction with or involving the KKR Investor or any of its Affiliates, other than (A) a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, (B) transactions pursuant to any agreement in effect on the Closing Date, including, without limitation, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, and any amendment, termination or material waiver under such agreements, (C) customary indemnification agreements with Directors, (D) transactions with Capstone Consulting LLC and its Subsidiaries for services rendered to the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than issuances of Equity Securities or capital stock or other securities of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company to Capstone Consulting LLC or its Subsidiaries not made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement), (E) transactions with KKR Capital Markets LLC for services rendered to the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than issuances of Equity Securities or capital stock or other securities of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company to KKR Capital Markets LLC not made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement), and (F) any transaction or series of related transactions in the ordinary course of business and on arms-length third-party terms and not involving amounts in excess of $5 million per annum.
(b) For so long as the KKR Investor and its Affiliates collectively beneficially own at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the following actions by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall require the approval, in addition to any approval by the stockholders of the Company or the Board’s approval (or the approval of the required governing body of any Subsidiary of the Company), of the KKR Investor:
(i) entering into or effecting a Change in Control;
(ii) entering into any agreement providing for the acquisition or divestiture of assets or equity security of any Person, in each case providing for aggregate consideration in excess of $25 million;
(iii) entering into any joint venture or similar business alliance having a fair market value as of the date of formation thereof (as reasonably determined by the Board) in excess of $25 million;
(iv) initiating a voluntary liquidation, dissolution, receivership, bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding involving the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act;
(v) any material change in the nature of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(vi) a Repurchase other than (x) open market Repurchases made pursuant to a share repurchase plan approved by the Board or (y) Repurchases in accordance with any existing compensation plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or a Repurchase from an employee in connection with such employee’s termination of employment with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or otherwise in accordance with such employee’s management stockholder’s agreement with the Company;
(vii) the incurrence of indebtedness for borrowed money (including through the issuance of debt securities or the guarantee of indebtedness of another Person) in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $50 million in any transaction or series of related transactions, other than borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility (or amendments, extensions, or replacements thereof);
(viii) terminating the employment of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or hiring a new Chief Executive Officer of the Company;
(ix) subject to Section 2.1, any increase or decrease in the size or composition of the Board, committees of the Board, and boards and committees of Subsidiaries of the Company; and
(x) any transaction with or involving any Affiliate of the Company (other than the KKR Investor and its Affiliates), other than (A) a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, (B) transactions pursuant to any agreement in effect on the Closing Date, including, without limitation, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, and any amendment, termination or material waiver under such agreements, (C) customary indemnification agreements with Directors, (D) transactions permitted by Section 2.3(b)(vi)(y) above and other customary compensation arrangements with employees of the Company; and (E) any transaction or series of related transactions in the ordinary course of business and on arms-length third-party terms and not involving amounts in excess of $5 million per annum.
FCC Consent The FCC Consent shall have been granted without the imposition on Seller of any conditions that need not be complied with by Seller under Section 6.1 hereof and Buyer shall have complied with any conditions imposed on it by the FCC Consent.
Settlement Approval The approval of the Master Servicer need not be requested for disposition of insurance loss settlements and the Servicer may disburse the loss proceeds as provided herein.
No Implied Consent Nothing in this Section 1.3 shall be construed to constitute Agent’s or any Lender’s consent to any transaction that is not permitted by other provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
Permits and Consents There is no Permit or other third-party consent required for any Seller to enter into this Agreement, perform its obligations under this Agreement and consummate the Transaction.
Informed Consent Both of us have reviewed this Agreement with independent legal counsel. We understand the content, legal effect, and consequences of this Agreement, and we are entering into this Agreement voluntarily, free from duress, fraud, undue influence, or coercion of any kind.
Settlement Rights The Controlling Party shall have the sole right to contest, litigate, compromise and settle any Tax Contest without obtaining the prior consent of the Non-Controlling Party, provided, however, that the Controlling Party shall not settle any Tax Contest with respect to which the Non-Controlling Party may reasonably be expected to become liable to make any indemnification payment to the Controlling Party under this Agreement without the Non-Controlling Party’s prior written consent (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed). Unless waived by the Parties in writing, in connection with any potential adjustment in a Tax Contest as a result of which adjustment the Non-Controlling Party may reasonably be expected to become liable to make any indemnification payment to the Controlling Party under this Agreement: (A) the Controlling Party shall keep the Non-Controlling Party informed in a timely manner of all actions taken or proposed to be taken by the Controlling Party with respect to such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest; (B) the Controlling Party shall timely provide the Non-Controlling Party copies of any written materials relating to such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest received from any Tax Authority; (C) the Controlling Party shall timely provide the Non-Controlling Party with copies of any correspondence or filings submitted to any Tax Authority or judicial authority in connection with such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest; (D) the Controlling Party shall consult with the Non-Controlling Party and offer the Non-Controlling Party a reasonable opportunity to comment before submitting any written materials prepared or furnished in connection with such potential adjustment in such Tax Contest; and (E) the Controlling Party shall defend such Tax Contest diligently and in good faith. The failure of the Controlling Party to take any action specified in the preceding sentence with respect to the Non-Controlling Party shall not relieve the Non-Controlling Party of any liability and/or obligation which it may have to the Controlling Party under this Agreement except to the extent that the Non-Controlling Party was actually harmed by such failure, and in no event shall such failure relieve the Non-Controlling Party from any other liability or obligation which it may have to the Controlling Party. In the case of any Tax Contest described in this Section 9.2(b), “Controlling Party” means the Party entitled to control the Tax Contest under such section and “Non-Controlling Party” means the other Party.
Consents, Licenses, Approvals, etc Lender shall have received copies of all consents, licenses and approvals, if any, required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower, and the validity and enforceability, of the Loan Documents, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect.
Limited Consent The Subject Borrower has informed the Banks and the Agent that it may issue on or after the date hereof, on behalf of the Subject Series, one or more Revolving Demand Notes in favor of Bank of America, N.A. or other loan agreement and note(s) that may succeed such note(s) in an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000,000 (collectively, the “Bank of America Instrument(s)”) and to incur Debt in the form of loans thereunder (the issuance of the Bank of America Instruments and the incurrence of such Debt thereunder, the “Proposed Loans”). The Subject Borrower has requested that the Agents and the Banks consent to the Proposed Loans, and the Agent and the Banks do hereby consent to the Proposed Loans; provided that:
(a) the Proposed Loans shall be unsecured by any assets of the Subject Series and shall be in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $3,000,000,000 at any time outstanding to the Subject Borrower and all other funds or other entities entitled to borrow thereunder, (b) the Proposed Loans shall be outstanding with respect to the Subject Borrower solely for the period from the date upon which the Subject Borrower shall notify the Operations Agent of any initial borrowing by such Subject Borrower under the Bank of America Instrument through December 17, 2008 (each, a “Specified Period”), (c) the Subject Borrower shall not have any outstanding Loans under the Credit Agreement during the Specified Period with respect to such Subject Borrower and such Subject Series; and (d) during the Specified Period for the Subject Borrower and such Subject Series and thereafter until the repayment in full of all Debt and other obligations owing by such Subject Borrower under the Bank of America Instruments, the Banks shall have no obligation or Commitment to make any Loans to such Subject Borrower on behalf of such Subject Series under the Credit Agreement. The above consent shall not be construed, however, as a waiver of any other provisions of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents or to permit any Borrower to take any other action which is prohibited by the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Except as expressly stated herein, neither the execution of this Amendment nor the failure of any Agent or any Bank to exercise any right or remedy constitutes a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or of such right or remedy or any other right or remedy under the Credit Agreement. Except as specifically waived hereby, each of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. Nothing contained herein shall in any way prejudice, impair or effect any rights or remedies of any Agent or any Bank under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Required Consent In addition, without limiting the generality of Section 4.2(a), except as required by the terms of this Agreement, by Legal Requirements or by the terms of any Contract in effect on the date hereof and made available to Company or as provided in Section 4.2 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, without the prior written consent of Company, during the period from the date hereof and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Effective Time of the First Merger, Parent shall not do any of the following, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the following:
(i) Declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) in respect of any capital stock or split, combine or reclassify any capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any capital stock other than a cash management transaction between Parent and a wholly owned Subsidiary of it, or between wholly owned Subsidiaries of Parent in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(ii) Purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock or the capital stock of its Subsidiaries, except repurchases of shares at cost in connection with the termination of the employment relationship with any Parent Employee pursuant to stock option or purchase Contracts in effect on the date hereof or entered into in the ordinary course of business after the date hereof;
(iii) Issue, deliver, sell, authorize, pledge or otherwise encumber any shares of capital stock, or any securities convertible into shares of capital stock, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into shares of capital stock, or enter into other agreements or commitments obligating it to issue any such securities or rights, other than: (A) issuances of Parent Common Stock upon the exercise of Parent Options, warrants or other rights of Parent or the settlement of Parent Restricted Stock Units existing on the date hereof in accordance with their present terms or granted pursuant to clause (B) hereof, (B) grants of stock options or other stock based awards (including restricted stock and Parent Restricted Stock Units) of or to acquire, shares of Parent Common Stock granted under the Parent Stock Plans in effect on the date hereof, in each case (x) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (y) with respect to stock options, granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of Parent Common Stock on the date of grant, provided that the total number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon all such stock-based awards may not exceed 800,000 shares, (C) warrants to acquire not more than 1 million shares of Parent Common Stock that may be issued to prospective retailers, content providers or other strategic partners and (D) the Charter Amendment;
(iv) Cause or permit any amendments to any of the Parent Charter Documents except the Charter Amendment;
(v) Acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any equity or voting interest in all or a portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any Person or division or product line thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets that, in each such case, are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(vi) Sell, lease, exclusively license, encumber or otherwise convey or dispose of any properties or assets material to the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except (A) sales of inventory, products or equipment in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (B) the sale, lease or disposition of excess or obsolete property or assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, in each case, which are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(vii) Make any loans, advances or capital contributions to any Person, other than: (A) loans or investments by it or a wholly owned Subsidiary of it to or in it or any wholly owned Subsidiary of it, (B) employee loans or advances for travel and entertainment expenses made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (C) pursuant to clause (v) above;
(viii) Except as required by GAAP or the SEC, materially revalue any of its assets;
(ix) Except as set forth in Section 4.2(b) to Parent Disclosure Schedule, pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any threatened or actual litigation or any dispute that would reasonably be expected to lead to litigation (whether or not commenced prior to the date of this Agreement), other than (x) the payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction, solely for cash in amounts not exceeding $500,000 individually or $1 million in the aggregate, net of any insurance proceeds received in connection with such payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (y) the discharge, settlement or satisfaction of any such litigation or dispute that does not involve any payment by Company or any of its Subsidiaries and does not impose any obligation on Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a non-exclusive license of Intellectual Property that is not material to Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole);
(x) Take any action to render inapplicable, or to exempt any third Person (other than Company) from any state takeover law or state law that purports to limit or restrict business combinations or the ability to acquire or vote shares of capital stock;
(xi) Transfer or license to any Person or otherwise extend, amend or modify in any material respect any rights to Parent IP, or enter into any Contracts or make other commitments to grant, transfer or license to any Person material future Parent IP rights, in each case, other than non-exclusive licenses granted to customers, resellers and end users in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(xii) Incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another Person, issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, guarantee any debt securities of another Person, enter into any “keep well” or other Contract to maintain any financial statement condition of any other Person (other than any wholly owned Subsidiary of it) or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing, in all cases to the extent the amount thereof would exceed $10 million in the aggregate, other than (A) guarantees and letters of credit issued to suppliers of Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or (B) in connection with the financing of ordinary course trade payables, in either case consistent with past practice;
(xiii) Other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, appoint a new member of the board of directors of Parent;
(xiv) Take any action that is intended or would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the First Merger set forth in Article VI not being satisfied;
(xv) Enter into any new line of business material to Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(xvi) Fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain in full force and effect insurance coverage substantially similar to insurance coverage maintained on the date hereof; or
(xvii) Agree in writing to take any of the actions described in (i) through (xvi) above.
