Restricted Payments The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (a) WPZ may make Restricted Payments of Available Cash (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) with respect to any Quarter (as defined in the Partnership Agreement), (b) each of NWP and TGPL and their respective Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to WPZ and its Subsidiaries, (c) WPZ and its Subsidiaries may make payments or other distributions to officers, directors or employees with respect to the exercise by any such Persons of options, warrants or other rights to acquire Equity Interests in WPZ or such Subsidiary issued pursuant to an employment, equity award, equity option or equity appreciation agreement or plans entered into by WPZ or such Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, (d) WPZ may reimburse the General Partner for expenses pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, (e) TGPL and NWP and their Subsidiaries may distribute cash to WPZ in connection with their participation in WPZ’s cash management program and (f) any Person may be permitted to make any Restricted Payment required to effectuate a MLP Combination; provided, that even if an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, no Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be prohibited from upstreaming dividends or other payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or making, in the case of any Subsidiary that is not wholly-owned (directly or indirectly) by the Borrower, dividends or payments, as the case may be, to the other owners of Equity Interests in such Subsidiary; and provided, further, that, any dividends or payments by any such Subsidiary that is not wholly-owned (directly or indirectly) by the Borrower to the Borrower shall be not less than an amount equal to (x) WPZ’s direct or indirect percentage ownership of Equity Interests in such Subsidiary times (y) the amount of all such dividends and payments made to all owners of Equity Interests in such Subsidiary.
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.
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness (i) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that (A) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower, (B) any Restricted Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions with respect to its Equity Interest, or make other Restricted Payments in respect of its Equity Interests, in each case ratably to the holders of such Equity Interests (or, if not ratably, on a basis more favorable to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), (C) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments, not exceeding $5,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower, pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (with any unused amount available in the following fiscal year only), (D) the Borrower may repurchase Equity Interests (i) upon the exercise of stock options, deferred stock units and restricted shares to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such stock options, deferred stock units or restricted shares and (ii) in connection with the withholding of a portion of the Equity Interests granted or awarded to a director or an employee to pay for the taxes payable by such director or employee upon such grant or award, (E) the Borrower may make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares representing insignificant interests in the Borrower in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock in the Borrower, (F) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may declare and make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $80,000,000 in any fiscal year in respect of dividends on the Borrower’s common stock, (G) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date such dividend is declared (or, in the case of a Restricted Payment that is necessary or advisable (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) for the consummation of a Limited Condition Acquisition, no Default exists as of the date the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into), the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed the Available Amount and (H) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments; provided that at the time of and immediately after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment referred to in this clause (H), (1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom (or, in the case of a Restricted Payment that is necessary or advisable (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) for the consummation of a Limited Condition Acquisition, no Default exists as of the date the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into) and (2) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment and any related transaction on a pro forma basis the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 2.75 to 1.00 (calculated as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower then most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a).
(ii) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(a)(xii), or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any other Specified Indebtedness, except:
(A) payments of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any Specified Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof; (B) refinancings of Specified Indebtedness with the proceeds of other Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(a);
Payments and Prepayments 1.1 Payments and prepayments of principal and interest on this Note shall be made to Payee at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X. 10604.
1.2 Payments and prepayments of principal and interest on this Note shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America.
1.3 If any payment on this Note becomes due and payable on a Saturday, Sunday or other day an which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding business day, and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable during such extension at the then applicable rate.
1.4 The Company shall be obligated to prepay the outstanding principal amount of this Note within ten (10) days after such time as (i) the Company receives net proceeds of at least $1,000,000 from an equity financing, or (ii) the Company sells substantially all its assets. The Company shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay this Note in whole or in part, together with interest on the amount prepaid to the date of prepayment, without penalty or premium. Upon payment of part of the principal amount of this Note, the Company may require the holder to present this Note for notation of such payment and, if this Note is paid in full, require the holder to surrender this Note.
1.5 Upon payrnent in full of all outstanding principal and interest due under this Note, the Company's obligations in respect of payment of this Note shall terminate and the holder shall return it to the Company.
Repayments and Prepayments The Borrower shall repay the Loans in fourteen equal semi-annual installments on the last day of each Interest Period, as set forth on Schedule II hereto. In addition, the Borrower
(a) may, from time to time on any Business Day, make a voluntary prepayment, in whole or in part, of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans; provided that
(i) any such prepayment shall be made pro rata among all Loans and applied in inverse order of maturity;
(ii) all such voluntary prepayments shall require at least three Business Days (or, if such prepayment is to be made on the last day of an Interest Period for the Loans, two Business Days) prior written notice to the Administrative Agent; and
(iii) all such voluntary partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and a multiple of $1,000,000 (or the remaining amount of the Loans being prepaid); and
(b) shall, immediately upon any acceleration of the Stated Maturity Date of the Loans pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.3 or the mandatory repayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 9.2, repay all Loans. Each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to this Section shall be without premium or penalty, except as may be required by Section 4.4, provided that any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made subject to payment by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (for the account of the FEC Counterparty) of any FEC Break Costs on written demand by the FEC Counterparty, which demand shall set forth the amount of the FEC Break Costs and reasonably detailed calculations thereof.
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 Payments Taxes Mandatory and Voluntary Payment; Mandatory and Voluntary Reduction of Commitments.................................. 10 3.02
Permitted Payments Second Lien Liabilities
(a) prior to the Senior Discharge Date, directly or indirectly make any Payment directly or indirectly in respect of the Second Lien Liabilities at any time:
(i) if:
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(I) any of the principal amount of the Second Lien Liabilities which is either:
(1) not prohibited by the Senior Financing Agreements; or
(2) paid on or after the final maturity date of the relevant Second Lien Liabilities (provided that, unless the Senior Lender Discharge Date has occurred or as otherwise agreed by the Majority Senior Lenders and the Parent, such final maturity date does not breach any maturity restrictions applicable to such Second Lien Liabilities in the Senior Financing Agreements (as applicable) (or, in the case of any amendment which has the effect of shortening the maturity date applicable to such Second Lien Liabilities, would not breach any such maturity restrictions applicable to such Second Lien Liabilities in the Senior Financing Agreements (as applicable) were that Second Lien Liability to be incurred at the time of that amendment and with that amended maturity date)); or
(II) any other amount which is not an amount of principal (including any interest which has been capitalised to become an amount of principal);
(B) no Second Lien Payment Stop Notice is outstanding; and
(C) no Senior Payment Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) if the Required Senior Consent has been obtained;
(iii) if the Payment is of Permitted Second Lien Financing Agent Liabilities;
(iv) of any Notes Security Costs;
(v) of costs, commissions, taxes, fees and expenses incurred in respect of or in relation to (or reasonably incidental to) any Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents (including in relation to any reporting or listing requirements under the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents);
(vi) if the Payment is funded directly or indirectly with Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt, Permitted Parent Financing Debt and/or the proceeds of any indebtedness incurred under or pursuant to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Document and/or Senior Parent Notes;
(vii) if the Payment is funded directly or indirectly with the proceeds of Qualified Equity Interests or Subordinated Shareholder Funding of the Parent or Available Restricted Payment Amounts; or
(viii) if the Payment is of any principal amount of the Second Lien Liabilities (together with any related accrued but unpaid interest) in accordance with a provision in any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement which is substantially equivalent to:
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(B) clause 11.8 (Right of cancellation and repayment in relation to a single Lender or Issuing Bank) of the Senior Facilities Agreement; or
(C) to the extent an equivalent payment has been made (to the extent required) pursuant to the terms of the Senior Financing Agreements (excluding, for this purpose, any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement), clause 12.1 (Change of Control) of the Senior Facilities Agreement; or
(ix) for so long as a Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default is continuing, if the Payment is of all or part of the Second Lien Liabilities as a result of those Second Lien Liabilities being released or otherwise discharged solely in consideration of the issue of shares in the Parent or in any Holding Company of the Parent (each a "Debt for Equity Swap") and provided that no cash or cash equivalent payment is made in respect of the Second Lien Liabilities and any Liabilities owed by a Group Company to another Group Company, the Investors or any other Holding Company of the Parent that arise as a result of any such Debt for Equity Swap are subordinated to the Senior Secured Liabilities pursuant to this Agreement and any Liabilities owed by a Group Company to another Group Company arising as a result of such Debt for Equity Swap are subject to Transaction Security; or
(x) of any other amount not exceeding USD5,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) in aggregate in any financial year of the Parent; and
(b) on or after the Senior Discharge Date, make any Payment directly or indirectly in respect of the Second Lien Liabilities at any time. A reference in this Clause 5.2 to a Payment shall be construed to include any other direct or indirect step, matter, action or dealing in relation to any Second Lien Liabilities which are otherwise prohibited under Clause 5.1 (Restriction on Payment: Second Lien Liabilities).
Permitted Prepayment Borrower shall have the option to prepay all, but not less than all, of the Term Loan Advances, provided Borrower (i) delivers written notice to Bank of its election to prepay the Term Loan Advances at least ten (10) days prior to such prepayment, and (ii) pays, on the date of such prepayment (A) the outstanding principal plus accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the Term Loan Advances, (B) the Final Payment, (C) the Prepayment Fee, and (D) all other sums, if any, that shall have become due and payable with respect to the Term Loan Advances, including interest at the Default Rate with respect to any past due amounts.
Prepayments of Indebtedness Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner any Permitted Indebtedness (other than the Obligations or Indebtedness between Loan Parties), or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness, except (a) as long as no Event of Default then exists or would arise therefrom, regularly scheduled or mandatory repayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances or other satisfaction of Permitted Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness), (b) as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, voluntary prepayments, redemptions, repurchases, defeasances or other satisfaction of Permitted Indebtedness (but excluding any payment in violation of the subordination terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness) (i) in an amount less than $6,000,000 in the aggregate during the Availability Period as long as the Availability Condition is satisfied, or (ii) constituting intercompany Indebtedness owing by a Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party so long as an amount equal to such amount prepaid, redeemed, purchased or otherwise satisfied is transferred to a Loan Party substantially concurrently with such prepayment, redemption, purchase or other satisfaction, (c) as long as no Event of Default then exists, repayments and prepayments of Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with the subordination terms thereof, (d) voluntary prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances or other satisfaction of Permitted Indebtedness (but excluding on account of any Subordinated Indebtedness) as long as the Payment Conditions are satisfied, and (e) any Permitted Amendment/Refinancings of such Indebtedness.
