Investments and Loans No Company shall: (a) create, acquire or hold any Subsidiary, (b) make or hold any investment in any stocks, bonds or securities of any kind, (c) be or become a party to any joint venture or other partnership, (d) make or keep outstanding any advance or loan to any Person, or (e) be or become a Guarantor of any kind; provided, that this Section shall not apply to:
(i) any endorsement of a check or other medium of payment for deposit or collection through normal banking channels or similar transaction in the normal course of business;
(ii) any investments in cash or Cash Equivalents;
(iii) the holding of Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 7.1 hereto as of the Closing Date;
(iv) intercompany loans to the extent permitted under Section 5.8(d);
(v) any advance or loan to an officer, director or employee of a Company made in the ordinary course of such Company’s business, so long as all such advances and loans from all Companies aggregate not more than the maximum principal sum of $25,000 at any time outstanding;
(vi) the creation, acquisition or holding of any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary so long as such Subsidiary is in compliance with Section 5.22 of this Agreement;
(vii) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) investments by Borrowers in Hedge Agreements other than for speculative purposes;
(ix) investments acquired by Borrowers (a) in exchange for any other investment held by Borrowers in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other investment or (b) as a result of the foreclosure by Borrowers with respect to any secured investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured investment in default;
(x) investments, loans and guaranties described on Schedule 5.11 hereto and any renewal or replacement thereof;
(xi) investments that constitute Restricted Payments permitted under Section 5.20 hereof;
(xii) Investments in Capital Expenditures to the extent permitted hereunder;
(xiii) guaranties permitted under Section 5.8 hereof;
(xiv) contributions of capital by any Credit Party to any other Credit Party until such time as Agent or the Required Lenders directs the Credit Parties during the existence of a Default or Event of Default, that no such contribution of capital may be made; or
(xv) other investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000.
Advances, Investments and Loans The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to make loans or advances to, guarantee any obligations of, or make, retain or have outstanding any investments (whether through purchase of Equity Interests or debt obligations) in, any Person or enter into any partnerships or joint ventures, or purchase or own a futures contract or otherwise become liable for the purchase or sale of currency or other commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures contract (all of the foregoing, collectively, “investments”), except that this Section shall not prevent:
(a) investments constituting receivables created in the ordinary course of business;
(b) investments in Cash Equivalents;
(c) investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of a Person and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, a Person arising in the ordinary course of business;
(i) the Borrower’s equity investments from time to time in its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (ii) investments made from time to time by a Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or one (1) or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of any such investments made by any Loan Party in any Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party plus any intercompany advances by a Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party permitted by Section 6.17(e) hereof shall not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (measured as of the date of such investment and based upon the financial statements most recently delivered on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.1, but giving effect to any Specified Transaction occurring thereafter and on or prior to the date of determination);
(e) intercompany advances (including in the form of a guarantee for the benefit of such Person) made from time to time from (i) the Borrower to any one (1) or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) from one (1) or more Restricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower and (iii) from one (1) or more Restricted Subsidiaries to one (1) or more Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of any such advances made by a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party plus any equity investments by any Loan Party in any Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party permitted by Section 6.17(d) hereof shall not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (measured as of the date of such advance and based upon the financial statements most recently delivered on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.1, but giving effect to any Specified Transaction occurring thereafter and on or prior to the date of determination);
(f) other investments (including investments in joint ventures or similar entities that do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries), in each case, as valued at the fair market value of such investment at the time each such investment is made, in an aggregate amount for all such investments under this clause (f) that, at the time such investment is made, would not exceed the sum of (i) the greater of $75.0 million and 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (measured as of the date of such investment and based upon the financial statements most recently delivered on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.1, but giving effect to any Specified Transaction occurring thereafter and on or prior to the date of determination) plus (ii) the amount of any returns of capital, dividends or other distributions received in connection with such investment (not to exceed the original amount of the investment);
(g) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Borrower (or its direct or indirect parent company) or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for reasonable and customary business related travel expenses, entertainment expenses, moving expenses and similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and advances of payroll payments to employees, consultants or independent contractors or other advances of salaries or compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors, in each case in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate amount of such loan in advance outstanding at any time shall not exceed $10.0 million;
(h) investments in Hedge Agreements permitted by Section 6.14(a) and (b);
(i) investments received upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured investment;
(j) investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(k) guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than Capital Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute indebtedness for borrowed money, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Permitted Acquisitions;
(m) investments in Restricted Subsidiaries for the purpose of consummating transactions permitted under Section 6.16(n) or any Permitted Acquisition;
(n) investments permitted under Sections 6.14, 6.15, 6.16 and 6.18;
(o) other investments, loans and advances in addition to those otherwise permitted by this Section in an amount not to exceed (i) the greater of $225.0 million and 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (measured as of the date of such investments, loans or advances and based upon the financial statements most recently delivered on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.1, but giving effect to any Specified Transaction occurring thereafter and on or prior to the date of determination) plus (ii) the Growth Amount in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(p) investments consisting of consideration received in connection with any disposition or other transfer made in compliance with Section 6.16;
(q) other investments, loans and advances existing as of the Second Restatement Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.17 (as the same may be renewed, refinanced or extended from time to time);
(r) investments made by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent such investments are made with the proceeds received by such Restricted Subsidiary from an investment made by a Loan Party in such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 6.17;
(s) investments the sole consideration for which is Equity Interests of Holdco (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdco) or, following the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering of the Borrower, the Borrower;
(t) [Reserved];
(u) intercompany advances made by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent company to effectuate a Distribution permitted by either (i) Section 6.18(f)(x) or (ii) Section 6.18(m), in each case, in lieu of making a Distribution in such permitted amounts; and
(v) additional investments by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that on the date of consummation of such investment or, at the Borrower’s election to the extent such investment is made in connection with an Acquisition, on the date of the signing of any acquisition agreement with respect thereto, (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) after giving effect thereto the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio does not exceed 5.25:1.00 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been or were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b)).
Commitments and Loans Prior to the Restatement Effective Date, certain term loans were previously made to the Borrowers and certain revolving loans were previously made to the Borrowers as “Dollar Tranche Revolving Loans” and “Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Loans” under the Existing Credit Agreement which remain outstanding as of the Restatement Effective Date (such outstanding loans being hereinafter referred to as the “Existing Loans”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree that on the Restatement Effective Date the Existing Loans shall be re-evidenced as Initial Term Loans and Revolving Loans that are “Dollar Tranche Revolving Loans” and “Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Loans”, as the case may be, under this Agreement and the terms of the Existing Loans shall be restated in their entirety and shall be evidenced by this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a) each Dollar Tranche Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Dollar Tranche Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in Dollars from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Dollar Tranche Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Dollar Tranche Commitment or (ii) the sum of the total Dollar Tranche Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the aggregate Dollar Tranche Commitments, (b) each Multicurrency Tranche Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in Agreed Currencies from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of such Lender’s Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Multicurrency Tranche Commitment, (ii) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of the Dollar Amount of the total Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the aggregate Multicurrency Tranche Commitments or (iii) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of the Dollar Amount of the total Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Credit Exposures, in each case denominated in Mexican Pesos, exceeding $500,000,000 and (c) each Additional Term Lender with an Additional Term Loan Commitment (severally and not jointly) agrees to make an Additional Term Loan to the Company in Dollars and to LKQ Netherlands in euro, in each case, on the Restatement Effective Date in an amount equal to the amount of such Lender’s applicable Additional Term Loan Commitment by making immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent’s designated account, not later than the time specified by the Administrative Agent. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Dollar Tranche Revolving Loans and Multicurrency Tranche Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
The Commitments and Loans Section 2.01 Commitments 53 Section 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans 53 Section 2.03 Letters of Credit 56 Section 2.04 Swing Line Loans 63 Section 2.05 Prepayments 66 Section 2.06 Scheduled Repayment of Loans 68 Section 2.07 Termination and Reduction of Revolving Facility Commitments 68 Section 2.08 Interest 69 Section 2.09 Fees 69 Section 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees 71 Section 2.11 Evidence of Debt 72 Section 2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback 72 Section 2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders 74 Section 2.14 Incremental Loans 75 Section 2.15 Defaulting Lenders 77 Section 2.16 Cash Collateral 80 Section 2.17 Agent Advances; Overadvances 81 Section 2.18 Settlement 82 Section 3.01 Taxes 84 Section 3.02 Illegality 88 Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates 88 Section 3.04 Increased Costs 89 Section 3.05 Compensation for Losses 91 Section 3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 91 Section 3.07 Survival 92
Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Trustee on the Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of the Seller, and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator makes any representation as to the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Trustee on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan except as expressly provided in Sections 2.02 and 2.05 hereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not relieve the Trustee of the obligation to review the Mortgage Files pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 2.04. The Trustee's signature and countersignature (or countersignature of its agent) on the Certificates shall be solely in its capacity as Trustee and shall not constitute the Certificates an obligation of the Trustee in any other capacity. Neither the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be accountable for the use or application by the Seller of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.05, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall not be responsible for the legality or validity of this Agreement or any document or instrument relating to this Agreement, the validity of the execution of this Agreement or of any supplement hereto or instrument of further assurance, or the validity, priority, perfection or sufficiency of the security for the Certificates issued hereunder or intended to be issued hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall at any time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Mortgage or any Mortgage Loan, or the perfection and priority of any Mortgage or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Fund or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders, under this Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to record this Agreement other than any continuation statements filed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.20.
ARD Loans Each Mortgage Loan identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as an ARD Loan starts to amortize no later than the Due Date of the calendar month immediately after the calendar month in which such ARD Loan closed and substantially fully amortizes over its stated term, which term is at least 60 months after the related Anticipated Repayment Date. Each ARD Loan has an Anticipated Repayment Date not less than five years following the origination of such Mortgage Loan. If the related Mortgagor elects not to prepay its ARD Loan in full on or prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date pursuant to the existing terms of the Mortgage Loan or a unilateral option (as defined in Treasury Regulations under Section 1001 of the Code) in the Mortgage Loan exercisable during the term of the Mortgage Loan, (i) the Mortgage Loan’s interest rate will step up to an interest rate per annum as specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents; provided, however, that payment of such Excess Interest shall be deferred until the principal of such ARD Loan has been paid in full; (ii) all or a substantial portion of the excess cash flow (which is net of certain costs associated with owning, managing and operating the related Mortgaged Property) collected after the Anticipated Repayment Date shall be applied towards the prepayment of such ARD Loan and once the principal balance of an ARD Loan has been reduced to zero all excess cash flow will be applied to the payment of accrued Excess Interest; and (iii) if the property manager for the related Mortgaged Property can be removed by or at the direction of the mortgagee on the basis of a debt service coverage test, the subject debt service coverage ratio shall be calculated without taking account of any increase in the related Mortgage Interest Rate on such Mortgage Loan’s Anticipated Repayment Date. No ARD Loan provides that the property manager for the related Mortgaged Property can be removed by or at the direction of the mortgagee solely because of the passage of the related Anticipated Repayment Date.
Savings and Loan The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan association, building and loan association, cooperative bank, homestead association or similar institution, which is supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements.
Trust Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor or the Master Servicer or a Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trust Administrator assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trust Administrator makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or related document. The Trust Administrator shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor, the Sellers, the Master Servicer or the Servicers of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Certificate Account by the Depositor, the Sellers or the Master Servicer or the Servicers. The Trust Administrator shall not be responsible for the legality or validity of this Agreement or the validity, priority, perfection or sufficiency of the security for the Certificates issued or intended to be issued hereunder. The Trust Administrator shall have no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection for any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to record this Agreement.
Servicer May Own Notes or Certificates The Servicer, and any Affiliate of the Servicer, may, in its individual or any other capacity, become the owner or pledgee of Notes or Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the other Basic Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other Basic Documents, Notes and Certificates so owned by or pledged to the Servicer or such Affiliate shall have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference, priority or distinction as among all of the Notes and Certificates.
Trustees Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans The recitals contained herein (other than those relating to the due organization, power and authority of the Trustee and the Delaware Trustee) and in the Certificates (other than the execution of, and certificate of authentication on, the Certificates) shall not be taken as the statements of the Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, and neither the Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee assumes any responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or of the Certificates or any Mortgage Loan. Neither the Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company, the Servicer or the Trust, as applicable, of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Servicer or the Company in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited into the Custodial Accounts for P&I, any Buydown Fund Account, the Investment Account or the Certificate Account by the Servicer or the Company.
