Investments; Acquisitions No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any other Person, including any Joint Venture, or acquire, by purchase or otherwise, all or substantially all the business, property or fixed assets of, or Capital Stock of any other Person, or any division or line of business of any other Person except:
(a) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by them as of the Effective Date in any Loan Party and their Restricted Subsidiaries, Loan Parties may make and own additional equity Investments in other Loan Parties and Non-Loan Parties may make and own additional equity Investments in other Non-Loan Parties;
(c) Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make intercompany loans to the extent permitted under Section 6.1(e);
(d) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Consolidated Capital Expenditures;
(e) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by them and described in Schedule 6.3 annexed hereto;
(f) Parent and Company may acquire and hold obligations of one or more Officers or other employees of Company, Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Officers’ or employees’ acquisition of shares of Company’s Capital Stock, so long as no Cash is actually advanced by Company, Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to such Officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;
(g) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make and own Investments constituting non-Cash proceeds of sales, transfers and other dispositions of property to the extent permitted by Section 6.7;
(h) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire Securities in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or as security for any such Indebtedness or claim;
(i) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Junior Payment expressly permitted by Section 6.5 (it being understood that any such Restricted Junior Payment may be made in the form of an intercompany loan or advance);
(j) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire Investments (including debt obligations) received in the ordinary course of business by Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising out of the ordinary course of business;
(k) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by any other paragraph of this Section; provided that such Investment was not made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;
(l) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make or continue to hold Investments resulting from deposits referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances” and clause (viii) of Section 6.2(a);
(m) Company may perform its obligations under and in accordance with the Conveyance of Undivided Mineral Interest, the Sand Purchase Documents and Natural Gas Hedging Agreements; provided that all such Natural Gas Hedging Agreements shall be entered into to manage (in the good faith business judgment of Company) risks of fluctuations in the price or availability of natural gas to which Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are exposed in the conduct of their business and the management of their liabilities;
(n) Loan Parties may make and hold loans and advances to their employees in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $2,500,000 and (ii) 0.12% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter at any time outstanding, provided that such loan or advance is not made in material violation of any law;
(o) Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) (i) the assets or the outstanding voting stock or economic interests of any Person, (ii) any division, line of business or other business unit of any Person, or (iii) Capital Stock of a Joint Venture constituting a majority of the Capital Stock of such Joint Venture (such Person or such division, line of business or other business unit of such Person or such Joint Venture shall be referred to herein as the “Target”), in each case that is a type of business (or assets used in a type of business) permitted to be engaged in by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms hereof, so long as (A) no Event of Default shall then exist or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto other than for Limited Condition Investments in which case no Event of Default shall exit at the time the relevant acquisition agreement is entered into, (B) to the extent required by Section 5.9 and Section 5.10, Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties, shall have received (or shall receive in connection with the closing of such acquisition) a perfected security interest in all property (including Capital Stock) acquired with respect to the Target described in the applicable forms of Collateral Documents, subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.2, and the Target, if a Person, shall have executed a counterpart of the Subsidiary Guaranty and Pledge and Security Agreement, (C) the aggregate consideration (including without limitation earn out obligations (to be calculated in accordance with GAAP as the estimated amount thereof on the closing date for any acquisition, which determination shall be made on the date the definitive documentation for such acquisition is entered into), deferred compensation and the amount of Indebtedness and other liabilities (other than working capital liabilities) assumed by Loan Parties, but excluding equity consideration, consideration paid from the proceeds of equity of Parent or capital contributions made to Parent and non-competition arrangements) paid by Loan Parties to acquire Capital Stock of Joint Ventures in respect of which Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties, shall not have received a perfected security interest and guarantees reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent shall not exceed the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 4.7% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter, (D) for any such acquisitions Company shall have provided financial statements for any Target acquired in any such acquisition for the last Fiscal Year of such Target (to the extent available to Company), and (E) in the case of the acquisition of a Person, such Person shall become a wholly-owned the Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party;
(p) Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed in the aggregate at any time $25,000,000 plus the then-applicable Available Amount; and
(q) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section, Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments not exceeding in the aggregate at any time $25,000,000;
(r) Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in other Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries;
(s) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section, Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Investments under Section 6.3(o), Section 6.3(p) and Section 6.3(q) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time, so long as (i) no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) any such Investments in Non-Loan Parties does not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
(t) the acquisition by Parent, Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Company of Repurchase Offer Loans; and
(u) Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make NMTC Investments; provided that the aggregate amount of NMTC Investments shall not exceed $60,000.000. Notwithstanding anything herein, Investments made after the Effective Date by any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary in a Non-Loan Party otherwise permitted by Section 6.3, will not be permitted if, immediately after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such Investments together with any Restricted Junior Payments made after the Effective Date by any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary in a Non-Loan Party otherwise permitted by Section 6.5 during the term of the Loans is more than the greater of $100,000,000 and 5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter.
Investment of Contributions At the direction of the Depositor (or the direction of the beneficiary upon the Depositor's death), the Custodian shall invest all contributions to the account and earnings thereon in investments acceptable to the Custodian, which may include marketable securities traded on a recognized exchange or "over the counter" (excluding any securities issued by the Custodian), covered call options, certificates of deposit, and other investments to which the Custodian consents, in such amounts as are specifically selected and specified by the Depositor in orders to the Custodian in such form as may be acceptable to the Custodian, without any duty to diversify and without regard to whether such property is authorized by the laws of any jurisdiction as a trust investment. The Custodian shall be responsible for the execution of such orders and for maintaining adequate records thereof. However, if any such orders are not received as required, or, if received, are unclear in the opinion of the Custodian, all or a portion of the contribution may be held uninvested without liability for loss of income or appreciation, and without liability for interest pending receipt of such orders or clarification, or the contribution may be returned. The Custodian may, but need not, establish programs under which cash deposits in excess of a minimum set by it will be periodically and automatically invested in interest-bearing investment funds. The Custodian shall have no duty other than to follow the written investment directions of the Depositor, and shall be under no duty to question said instructions and shall not be liable for any investment losses sustained by the Depositor.
