Prohibited Payments The following types of payments are prohibited through the Service, and we have the right but not the obligation to monitor for, block, cancel and/or reverse such payments:
a. Payments to or from persons or entities located in prohibited territories (including any territory outside of the United States); and
b. Payments that violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; and
c. Payments that violate the Acceptable Use terms in Section 14 of the General Terms below; and
d. Payments related to: (1) tobacco products, (2) prescription drugs and devices; (3) narcotics, steroids, controlled substances or other products that present a risk to consumer safety; (4) drug paraphernalia; (5) ammunition, firearms, or firearm parts or related accessories; (6) weapons or knives regulated under applicable law; (7) goods or services that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity; (8) goods or services that are sexually oriented; (9) goods or services that promote hate, violence, racial intolerance, or the financial exploitation of a crime; (10) goods or services that defame, abuse, harass or threaten others; (11) goods or services that include any language or images that are bigoted, hateful, racially offensive, vulgar, obscene, indecent or discourteous; (12) goods or services that advertise, sell to, or solicit others; or (13) goods or services that infringe or violate any copyright, trademark, right of publicity or privacy, or any other proprietary right under the laws of any jurisdiction; and
e. Payments related to gambling, gaming and/or any other activity with an entry fee and a prize, including, but not limited to, casino games, sports betting, horse or dog racing, lottery tickets, other ventures that facilitate gambling, games of skill (whether or not it is legally defined as a lottery) and sweepstakes; and
f. Payments relating to transactions that (1) support pyramid or ponzi schemes, matrix programs, other "get rich quick" schemes or multi-level marketing programs, (2) are associated with purchases of real property, equities, annuities or lottery contracts, lay-away systems, off-shore banking or transactions to finance or refinance debts funded by a credit card, (3) are for the sale of items before the seller has control or possession of the item, (4) constitute money-laundering or terrorist financing, (5) are associated with the following "money service business" activities: the sale of traveler’s checks or money orders, currency dealers or exchanges (including digital currencies such as bitcoin), or check cashing, or (6) provide credit repair or debt settlement services; and
g. Tax payments and court ordered payments. Except as required by applicable law, in no event shall we or our Service Providers be liable for any claims or damages resulting from your scheduling of prohibited payments. We encourage you to provide notice to us by the methods described in Section 6 of the General Terms above of any violations of the General Terms or the Agreement generally.
Restricted Payments (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such, in each case other than dividends or distributions declared or paid in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or declared or paid to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company (other than any such Equity Interests owned by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);
(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Subordinated Obligation, except a payment of interest or principal at its Stated Maturity; or
(4) make any Investment other than a Permitted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (3) above and this clause (4) being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(B) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); and
(C) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clause (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (10), (11) or (12) of Section 4.04(b)), is less than the sum of:
(i) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the Issue Date to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a loss, less 100% of such loss), plus
(ii) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds (other than Designated Proceeds), or the Fair Market Value of assets or property other than cash, received by the Company from the issue or sale, in either case, since the Issue Date of (I) Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), or (II) Disqualified Stock or debt securities of the Company that have been converted into, or exchanged for, such Equity Interests, together with the aggregate cash received at the time of such conversion or exchange, other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities) sold to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and other than Disqualified Stock or debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Disqualified Stock, plus
(iii) in case any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of Section 4.09(a) or has been merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or otherwise disposes of all of substantially all of its properties or assets to or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, the lesser of, at the date of such redesignation, merger, consolidation, transfer, disposition or liquidation (I) the book value (determined in accordance with GAAP) of the aggregate Investments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (or of the properties or assets disposed of, as applicable) and (II) the Fair Market Value of such Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case after deducting any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus
(iv) to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income for such period, (I) if any Restricted Investment that was made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment resulting from such sale, liquidation or repayment (less any out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with any such sale) and (II) the net reduction in such Restricted Investment resulting from payments of interest, dividends, principal repayments and other transfers and distributions of cash, assets or other property, in an amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of such Restricted Investment.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of an irrevocable redemption of Subordinated Obligations within 60 days after the date of the declaration of such dividend or the delivery of the irrevocable notice of redemption, as the case may be, if at the date of the declaration or the date on which such irrevocable notice is delivered, such dividend or redemption would have complied with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture;
(2) the making of any Restricted Payments described in clause (2) or (3) of Section 4.04(a) out of the net cash proceeds (other than Designated Proceeds) of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (a sale or issuance will be deemed substantially concurrent if such Restricted Payment occurs not more than 45 days after such sale or issuance) (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of Equity Interests of the Company (other than any Disqualified Stock), provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment shall be excluded from clause (C)(ii) of Section 4.04(a)(4);
(3) the making of any principal payment on, or the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of, prior to its Stated Maturity, any Subordinated Obligation with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of, or in exchange for the issuance of, Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4) the payment of any dividend or distribution by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) on a pro rata basis and the payment of any dividend or distribution by the Company to the holders of its Disqualified Stock, provided that such Disqualified Stock is issued on or after the Issue Date in accordance with Section 4.03(a);
(5) (A) the acquisition in open-market purchases of our common stock of the Company for matching contributions to its employee stock purchase and deferred compensation plans in the ordinary course of business or (B) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any current or former officer, employee, consultant or director of the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) pursuant to the terms of agreements (including employment agreements) and plans approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, including any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan, agreement or trust, provided, however, that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests pursuant to this clause (5) shall not exceed the sum of (x) $15 million in any twelve-month period (with unused amounts to be carried over into the following twelve-month period), (y) the aggregate net proceeds received by the Company during such twelve-month period from the issuance of such Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) pursuant to such agreements or plans and (z) the net cash proceeds of key man life insurance received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;
(6) (A) in connection with an acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, the return of Equity Interests constituting a portion of the purchase consideration in settlement of indemnification claims or (B) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the cashless exercise of stock options;
(7) repurchases of Subordinated Obligations at a purchase price not greater than (A) 101% of the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Subordinated Obligations and accrued and unpaid interest thereon in the event of a Change of Control or (B) 100% of the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Subordinated Obligations and accrued and unpaid interest thereon in the event of an Asset Sale, in connection with any change in control offer or asset sale offer required by the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness, but only if:
(A) in the case of a Change of Control, the Company has first complied with and fully satisfied its obligations under Section 4.12; or
(B) in the case of an Asset Sale, the Company has complied with and fully satisfied its obligations in accordance with Section 4.07;
(8) the payment of reasonable and customary directors’ fees to the members of the Company’s Board of Directors, provided that such fees are consistent with past practice or current requirements;
(9) the purchase by the Company of fractional shares arising out of stock dividends, splits or combinations or business combinations;
(10) the declaration and payment of dividends on mandatorily convertible preferred stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of Designated Proceeds;
(11) Restricted Payments consisting of dividends or other distributions on the common stock of the Company or purchases of its common stock in an aggregate amount of up to $200 million since the Issue Date; and
(12) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount since the Issue Date not to exceed the greater of (A) $40 million and (B) 3.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the date of making any such Restricted Payment; provided, further, that, with respect to clauses (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11) and (12) of this Section 4.04(b), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c) In determining whether any Restricted Payment is permitted by this Section 4.04, the Company may allocate or reallocate all or any portion of such Restricted Payment among clauses (1) through (12) of Section 4.04(b) or among such clauses and Section 4.04(a), provided that at the time of such allocation or reallocation, all such Restricted Payments, or allocated portions thereof, would be permitted under the various provisions of one or more of clauses (1) through (12) of Section 4.04(b) and Section 4.04(a). The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the Fair Market Value on the date of the transfer, incurrence or issuance of such non-cash Restricted Payment.
