Equity Issuances In the event that the Borrower shall receive any Cash proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower at any time after the Availability Period, the Borrower shall, no later than the third Business Day following the receipt of such Cash proceeds, prepay the Loans in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of such Cash proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions or other similar payments and other costs, fees, premiums and expenses directly associated therewith, including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses (and the Commitments shall be permanently reduced by such amount).
Subsequent Equity Issuances The Company shall not deliver any Sales Notice hereunder (and any Sales Notice previously delivered shall not apply during such three Business Days) for at least three (3) Business Days prior to any date on which the Company or any Subsidiary offers, sells, issues, contracts to sell, contracts to issue or otherwise disposes of, directly or indirectly, any other shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (other than the Shares), subject to Manager’s right to waive this obligation, provided that, without compliance with the foregoing obligation, the Company may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee equity plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding at the Execution Time.
Equity Issuance Upon the sale or issuance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Financing Subsidiary) of any of its Equity Interests (other than any sales or issuances of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor), the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 75% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom no later than the fifth Business Day following the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in Section 2.09(b)).
Debt Issuances Immediately upon receipt by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as hereafter provided in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.
Debt Issuance Not later than one (1) Business Day following the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance by any Group Member (or concurrently with the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance by any Group Member in connection with a refinancing facility under Section 2.22), the Borrower shall make prepayments in accordance with Section 2.10(i) and (j) in an aggregate principal amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.
Prepayments, Etc of Indebtedness. Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of, any Indebtedness, except (a) the prepayment of the Credit Extensions in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (b) regularly scheduled or required repayments or redemptions of Indebtedness set forth in Schedule 7.02 and refinancings and refundings of such Indebtedness in compliance with Section 7.02(d).
Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness (a) None of the Covenant Parties shall, nor shall they permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled interest shall be permitted) the Senior Subordinated Debt, any subordinated Indebtedness incurred under Section 7.03(g) or any other Indebtedness that is required to be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, but excluding any Existing Indebtedness or Outstanding Indebtedness (collectively, “Junior Financing”) or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Junior Financing Documentation, except (i) the refinancing thereof with the Net Proceeds of any Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a Permitted Refinancing and, if such Indebtedness was originally incurred under Section 7.03(g), is permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(g)), to the extent not required to prepay any Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b), (ii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parents, (iii) the prepayment of Indebtedness of any Covenant Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Covenant Party to the extent permitted by the Collateral Documents, (iv) any payments in respect of Senior Subordinated Debt constituting bridge loans with the proceeds of any other Junior Financing and (v) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000,000 plus, if the Total Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis is less than or equal to 7.00 to 1.00, the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on such date that Xxxxxxx elects to apply to this paragraph, such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of Xxxxxxx calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied.
(b) None of the Covenant Parties shall, nor shall they permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, amend, modify or change in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders any term or condition of any Junior Financing Documentation without the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
Loans, Investments, Etc Each Borrower and each Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make, or suffer or permit to exist, any loans or advance money or property to any Person, or any investment in (by capital contribution, dividend or otherwise) or purchase or repurchase the Capital Stock or Indebtedness or all or a substantial part of the assets or property of any Person, or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except:
(a) the endorsement of instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) investments in cash or Cash Equivalents so long as the terms and conditions of Section 5.2 hereof shall have been satisfied with respect to the deposit account or investment account in which such cash or Cash Equivalents are held; provided, however, such cash or Cash Equivalents must be held in a savings or investment account which is subject to Administrative and Collateral Agent’s first priority perfected security interest if any Revolving Loans or Term Loans are then outstanding;
(c) the existing equity investments of each Borrower and each Guarantor as of the date hereof in their respective Subsidiaries, provided, that, no Borrower or Guarantor shall have any obligation to make any other investment in, or loans to, or other payments in respect of, any of such Subsidiaries;
(d) stock or obligations issued to any Borrower or any Guarantor by any Person (or the representative of such Person) in respect of Indebtedness of such Person owing to such Borrower or such Guarantor in connection with the insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership or reorganization of such Person or a composition or readjustment of the debts of such Person; provided, that, the original of any such stock or instrument having a principal amount in excess of $1,000,000 evidencing such obligations shall be promptly delivered to Administrative and Collateral Agent, upon Administrative and Collateral Agent’s request, together with such stock power, assignment or endorsement by such Borrower or such Guarantor as Administrative and Collateral Agent may request;
(e) obligations of account debtors to any Borrower or any Guarantor arising from Accounts which are past due evidenced by a promissory note made by such account debtor payable to such Borrower or such Guarantor; provided, that, promptly upon the receipt of the original of any such promissory note by such Borrower or such Guarantor having a principal amount in excess of $1,000,000, such promissory note shall be endorsed to the order of Administrative and Collateral Agent by such Borrower or such Guarantor and promptly delivered to Administrative and Collateral Agent as so endorsed;
(f) the loans and advances set forth on Schedule 9.10 hereto; provided, that, as to such loans and advances, (i) Borrowers and Guarantors shall not, directly or indirectly, amend, modify, alter or change the terms of such loans and advances or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto and (ii) Borrowers and Guarantors shall furnish to Administrative and Collateral Agent all notices or demands in connection with such loans and advances either received by any Borrower, any Guarantor or on any of their behalf, promptly after the receipt thereof, or sent by any Borrower, any Guarantor or on any of their behalf, concurrently with the sending thereof, as the case may be;
(g) loans and advances by any Borrower or any Guarantor to officers and employees of such Borrower or such Guarantor so long as such loans are made in the ordinary course of such Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s business and with respect to activities arising from such persons employment by such Borrower or such Guarantor;
(h) loans and advances by BlueLinx to BlueLinx Building Products Canada Ltd., a company organized under the laws of British Columbia, not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and
(i) Permitted Acquisitions; provided, however, in the case of a Permitted Acquisition which is an Asset Acquisition, the assets acquired by any Borrower shall not be included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base until the Administrative and Collateral Agent shall have had the opportunity to perform a field examination and appraisal through its examiners or through representatives that it may retain in order to determine the eligibility of such assets for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base;
(j) any Borrower may form an Acquisition Subsidiary so long as; (i) Administrative Borrower provides Administrative and Collateral Agent with prior written notice of the formation of any Acquisition Subsidiary; (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the formation of such Acquisition Subsidiary; (iii) Administrative and Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Bank Product Providers, shall be granted a first priority security interest (subject to the security interests, mortgages, pledges, liens, charges and other encumbrances otherwise permitted under Section 9.8 hereof) in all assets (including any Capital Stock) of such Acquisition Subsidiary and such Borrower shall cause such Acquisition Subsidiary to execute any documents and take all actions that may be required under applicable law or that Administrative and Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect such security interest, all in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative and Collateral Agent; and (iv) either (A) such Borrower shall cause such newly formed Acquisition Subsidiary to execute a (1) general continuing guaranty in favor of Administrative and Collateral Agent, for itself and the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Bank Product Providers, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative and Collateral Agent, and (2) a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative and Collateral Agent, whereby such newly formed Acquisition Subsidiary acknowledges and agrees that it is a “Guarantor” hereunder; or (B) such newly formed Acquisition Subsidiary shall execute a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative and Collateral Agent, whereby such newly formed Acquisition Subsidiary acknowledges and agrees that it is a “Borrower” hereunder subject to the terms hereunder and subject to such newly formed Acquisition Subsidiary and Borrowers executing such documentation requested by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Restricted Payments, etc No Credit Agreement Party will, nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or pay any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in non-redeemable common stock or comparable common equity interests of the U.S. Borrower or any such Subsidiary, as the case may be) or return any equity capital to, its stockholders, partners, members or other equity holders or authorize or make any other distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to its stockholders, partners, members or other equity holders as such, or redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for a consideration, any shares of any class of its capital stock or other Equity Interests, now or hereafter outstanding (or any warrants for or options or stock appreciation rights in respect of any of such shares or other Equity Interests), or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes, and no Credit Agreement Party will permit any of its Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for a consideration any shares of any class of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary now or hereafter outstanding (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation rights issued by such Person with respect to its capital stock or other Equity Interests) (all of the foregoing “Dividends”) or make any payments in respect of any outstanding Intercompany Debt, except that:
(i) (x) any Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower may pay Dividends to the U.S. Borrower or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower and (y) any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower may pay cash Dividends to its shareholders generally so long as the U.S. Borrower or its respective Subsidiary which owns the Equity Interest in the Subsidiary paying such Dividends receives at least its proportionate share thereof (based upon its relative holding of the Equity Interests in the Subsidiary paying such Dividends and taking into account the relative preferences, if any, of the various classes of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary); provided that any Dividend made pursuant to preceding clause (x) to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may only be made if (A) (I) no Specified Default and no Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (II) such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary promptly distributes and/or transfer any Property received pursuant to such Dividend (directly or indirectly through other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries) to a Credit Party or (B) the Subsidiary making such Dividend is not a Credit Party; provided, however, that, subject to Section 9.01(c)(v), any such Dividend may be made to the Bermuda Partnership notwithstanding the existence of an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Section 10.01 or 10.05) so long as (a) the Bermuda Partnership complies with clause (II) of the preceding proviso and (b) the Bermuda Partnership Partners are (after giving effect to the receipt of any Dividend from Bermuda Partnership) in compliance with the requirements of Section 9.01(c);
(ii) the U.S. Borrower may redeem or purchase shares of, or options to purchase, U.S. Borrower Common Stock held by former officers or employees of the U.S. Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries following the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of such officers or employees, provided that (x) the only consideration paid by the U.S. Borrower in respect of such redemptions and/or purchases shall be cash, (y) the aggregate amount paid by the U.S. Borrower in cash in respect of all such redemptions and/or purchases shall not exceed $2,000,000 in any Fiscal Year of Holdings, and (z) at the time of any redemption or purchase pursuant to this Section 9.06(ii), no Specified Default or Event of Default shall then exist or result therefrom;
(iii) [Reserved];
(iv) [Reserved];
(v) [Reserved];
(vi) the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make payments with respect to Intercompany Debt, so long as the respective payment is permitted to be made in accordance with the terms of the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(vii) [Reserved];
(viii) the U.S. Borrower may pay regularly scheduled Dividends on Qualified Preferred Stock issued by it pursuant to the terms thereof solely through the issuance of additional shares of such Qualified Preferred Stock rather than in cash;
(ix) [Reserved];
(x) [Reserved];
(xi) so long as no Default and no Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, any Existing Senior Notes, any Permitted Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Senior Notes may be refinanced with any Permitted Refinancing Senior Notes in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement;
(xii) so long as no Specified Default and no Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, any Scheduled Existing Indebtedness, any Permitted Acquired Debt and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance same may be refinanced with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Existing Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Senior Notes may be exchanged for Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower permitted by Section 9.09(a);
(xiii) in addition to the actions permitted above, the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Investments (and, without duplication, may repurchase or redeem (so long as any repurchased Indebtedness is promptly cancelled) any Indebtedness otherwise described in Section 9.08(a)(i)) so long as (I) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (II) the aggregate amount of cash expended pursuant to this Section 9.06(xiii) to effect such Investments after the Restatement Effective Date does not exceed the sum of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) the aggregate amount of Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount at the time such Investment is made and (III) to the extent any such Investment (or any part thereof) is made in reliance on preceding clause (II)(y), calculations are made by the U.S. Borrower of compliance with Section 9.04(a) (regardless of whether any Indebtedness is then being incurred pursuant to said Section 9.04(a)) for the Calculation Period most recently ended prior to the date of the respective repurchase or redemption (determined on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Investment and the incurrence of any Indebtedness to finance same), as set forth in a certificate by an Authorized Officer of the U.S. Borrower furnished to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Investment, and such calculations shall show that, after giving effect to the respective Investment (and any other contemporaneous Investments) and any Indebtedness being incurred in connection therewith, the U.S. Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 9.04(a) at such time; provided that, to the extent that such Investments constitute redemptions and/or repurchases of Existing Senior Notes, Permitted Senior Notes and/or Permitted Refinancing Senior Notes from time to time (whether redeemed in accordance with the terms of the indenture therefor and/or repurchased on the open market), all such Existing Senior Notes, Permitted Senior Notes or Permitted Refinancing Senior Notes, as the case may be, so repurchased or redeemed are promptly cancelled by the U.S. Borrower; and
(xiv) in addition to the actions permitted above, the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Investments in (and, without duplication, may repurchase or redeem) any Existing 2009 Senior Notes or Existing 2010 Senior Notes so long as (I) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (II) the aggregate amount of cash expended pursuant to this Section 9.06(xiv) to effect such Investments after the Restatement Effective Date does not exceed $50,000,000, (III) after giving effect to such Investments, redemptions and repurchases, the U.S. Borrower (A) would be in compliance on a pro forma basis with Section 9.13 as of the last day of the most recently completed Test Period for which financial statements are available and (B) has not less than $70,000,000 of unutilized ABL Commitments and (IV) all such Existing 2009 Senior Notes or Existing 2010 Senior Notes so repurchased or redeemed are promptly cancelled by the U.S. Borrower.
Payments from Available Funds Only All payments to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made only from the amounts that constitute Scheduled Payments, Special Payments and other payments under the Operative Agreements, including payment under Section 4.02 of the Participation Agreements and payments under Section 2.14 of the Indentures, and only to the extent that the Borrower shall have sufficient income or proceeds therefrom to enable the Borrower to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof after giving effect to the priority of payments provisions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. The Liquidity Provider agrees that it will look solely to such amounts to the extent available for distribution to it as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement and that the Borrower, in its individual capacity, is not personally liable to it for any amounts payable or liability under this Agreement except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Participation Agreement. Amounts on deposit in the Class A Cash Collateral Account shall be available to the Borrower to make payments under this Agreement only to the extent and for the purposes expressly contemplated in Section 3.05(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
