Acquisition Loans The proceeds of the Acquisition Loans may be used only for the following purposes: (i) for working capital and general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, the issuance of Letters of Credit and to pay outstanding Floor Plan Loans; and (ii) to make Permitted Acquisitions.
Investments, Acquisitions, Loans and Advances The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to (i) directly or indirectly, make, retain or have outstanding any investments (whether through the purchase of stock or obligations or otherwise) in any Person, real property or improvements on real property, or any loans, advances, lines of credit, mortgage loans or other financings (including pursuant to sale/leaseback transactions) to any other Person, or (ii) acquire any real property, improvements on real property or all or any substantial part of the assets or business of any other Person or division thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent, with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any of the following:
(a) investment in Cash Equivalents;
(b) investments existing or contemplated on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.8 hereto;
(c) investments in derivatives and hxxxxx made in the ordinary course of the such Person’s business in connection with managing risk for which the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (and not for speculative purposes) including, without limitation, Hedging Agreements;
(d) investments in Permitted Acquisitions;
(e) investments by the Borrower in one or more Guarantors or by a Guarantor in the Borrower or one or more other Guarantors;
(f) investments in Mortgage Receivables not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
(g) investments in marketable securities available for sale; or
(h) any other investments otherwise approved by the Required Lenders. In determining the amount of investments, acquisitions, loans, and advances permitted under this Section, investments and acquisitions shall always be taken at the book value (as defined in GAAP) thereof, and loans and advances shall be taken at the principal amount thereof then remaining unpaid.
Permitted Acquisitions (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section 9.14 and the requirements contained in the definition of Permitted Acquisition, the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may from time to time after the Closing Date effect Permitted Acquisitions, so long as (in each case except to the extent the Required Lenders otherwise specifically agree in writing in the case of a specific Permitted Acquisition): (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the consummation of the proposed Permitted Acquisition or immediately after giving effect thereto and (ii) at the time of the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period for which Section 9.01 Financials were required to have been delivered, does not exceed 5.25 to 1.00; provided that the aggregate consideration paid by the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with Permitted Acquisitions consummated from and after the Closing Date where the Acquired Entity or Business does not become a Credit Party or owned by a Credit Party, shall not exceed the sum of (x) the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets (measured at the time of such Permitted Acquisition is consummated), plus (y) the Available Amount.
(b) At the time of each Permitted Acquisition involving the creation or acquisition of a Restricted Subsidiary, or the acquisition of Equity Interests of any Person, the Equity Interests thereof created or acquired in connection with such Permitted Acquisition shall be pledged for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to (and to the extent required by) the Pledge Agreement; provided that the pledge of the outstanding capital stock of any FSHCO or Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC directly owned by the Lead Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Credit Party shall be limited to (x) no more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the total combined voting power for all classes of the voting Equity Interests of such FSHCO or Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC and (y) one-hundred percent (100%) of the non-voting Equity Interest of such FSHCO or Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, no FSHCO, Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC, or Subsidiary of a CFC shall be required to pledge any of its assets in connection with any such Permitted Acquisition.
(c) Each Borrower shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) which is formed to effect, or is acquired pursuant to, a Permitted Acquisition to comply with, and to execute and deliver all of the documentation as and to the extent required by, Section 9.12, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.
(d) The consummation of each Permitted Acquisition shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by each Borrower that the certifications pursuant to this Section 9.14 are true and correct in all material respects and that all conditions thereto have been satisfied and that same is permitted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, which representation and warranty shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty for all purposes hereunder, including, without limitation, Sections 8 and 11.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Lead Borrower has made a LCT Election pursuant to Section 1.03 in respect of a Permitted Acquisition, then any determination of compliance with the provisions of Section 9.14(a)(i) and 9.14(d) shall be made effective as of the date of entering the definitive agreement for such Permitted Acquisition.
Land Acquisition Disbursement To initiate the purchase of the Land, the Recipient must first complete and submit a written Request to Proceed to the Director prior to Closing. The Request to Proceed must name the proposed Title Agent and must indicate the amount of Funds requested from the OPWC for the land acquisition, including expected settlement costs, based upon the participation ratio and the amount of funds expected from any Matching Funds. The Request to Proceed must contain as attachments: (a) a copy of the proposed Deed Restrictions; (b) a copy of the executed purchase agreement with respect to, or such other agreement to convey an interest in, the Land between the Recipient and the Land owner; (c) a copy of the performed appraisal according to the specifications provided by the Director; (d) evidence satisfactory to the Director that Recipient will acquire marketable title to the Land at Closing; and (d) if the Recipient desires to elect the pre-closing option described below (i) a copy of the signed escrow agreement among Recipient, Title Agent and the OPWC, executed by Recipient and Title Agent, substantially in the form of Appendix F of this Agreement (the "Escrow Agreement") and (ii) if the Title Agent is an agent for a title insurance company, rather than a title company itself, a closing protection letter issued by the title insurance company to the OPWC. Funds for land acquisition shall be disbursed to the Recipient, as part of a grant to the Recipient pursuant to Revised Code Sections 164.20 through 164.27, pursuant to the pre-closing option and/or the reimbursement option, as described in subsections 5(a) and 5(b), respectively.
LOANS, ADVANCES, INVESTMENTS Make any loans or advances to or investments in any person or entity, except any of the foregoing existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the date hereof.
Working Capital Loans (a) Each Senior Lender, severally and not jointly, shall make Working Capital Loans to the Borrower during the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Termination Date, in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of such Senior Lender’s Commitment. In no event shall the Borrower be entitled to request or receive any Working Capital Loan that would cause (i) the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount of all Working Capital Loans and Swing Line Loans and (B) the Working Capital LC Exposure to exceed the Working Capital Sublimit or (ii) the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount of all Working Capital Loans and Swing Line Loans and (B) without duplication, the LC Exposure to exceed the Total Commitment.
(b) Each Working Capital Loan Borrowing shall be in an amount specified in a Borrowing Notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.02 (Notice of Working Capital Loan Borrowings).
(c) Proceeds of the Working Capital Loans shall be deposited into the Operating Account. Funds so deposited will be disbursed in accordance with the Accounts Agreement.
(d) Working Capital Loans repaid or prepaid may be re-borrowed at any time and from time to time to but excluding the Termination Date. Each Senior Lender’s Commitment shall expire on the Termination Date and all Working Capital Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to Working Capital Loans and the Commitments shall be paid in full no later than such date.
Initial Loans This Agreement shall not become effective nor shall the Lenders be required to make the initial Loans unless (i) since December 31, 2015, no event, development or circumstance shall have occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations or financial condition of Harley and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the Global Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of an effective amendment to the Credit Agreement dated April 7, 2014 (the “Existing 2014 Credit Agreement”) among inter xxxx Xxxxxx, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as global administrative agent, making conforming changes to the Existing 2014 Credit Agreement to correspond with the terms of this Agreement other than in respect of pricing, maturity and borrowers and (iii) the Borrowers shall have (a) paid all fees required to be paid, and all expenses required to be paid for which invoices have been presented reasonably in advance of the Closing Date, in connection with the execution of this Agreement, (b) furnished to the Global Administrative Agent such documents as the Global Administrative Agent or any Lender or its counsel may have reasonably requested, including, without limitation, all of the documents reflected on the List of Closing Documents attached as Exhibit D to this Agreement, (c) obtained all governmental and third party approvals necessary in connection with the financing contemplated hereby and the continuing operations of Harley and its Subsidiaries (including the Borrowers) and such approvals remain in full force and effect, (d) delivered to the Lenders (1) audited consolidated financial statements of Harley (on a Consolidated basis) and (2) audited Consolidated financial statements of HDFS and its Subsidiaries (on a Consolidated basis), in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (1) and (2), for the two most recent fiscal years ended prior to the Closing Date as to which such financial statements are available and (e) delivered evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Global Administrative Agent of the payment of all principal, interest, fees and premiums, if any, on all Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement, and the termination of the applicable agreements relating thereto, all taking effect concurrently with the effectiveness of this Agreement; provided that any Lender hereunder which is also a “Lender” under the Existing Credit Agreement hereby waives (A) any requirement of five (5) Business Days notice by the “Borrowers” under the Existing Credit Agreement prior to the reduction of the commitments thereunder and the termination thereof and (B) the payment of any amounts under Section 3.4 of the Existing Credit Agreement in connection with the termination thereof.
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit, except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) Permitted Acquisitions;
(c) investments by the Borrower in any Guarantor and by any Guarantor in any other Guarantor; provided that the Equity Interests evidencing such investments have been pledged in favour of the Administrative Agent and the certificates evidencing such Equity Interests have been delivered to the Administrative Agent together with stock transfer powers (executed in blank) with respect to same;
(d) direct and indirect investments existing on the date hereof by the Borrower in any Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor; provided that such investments are identified on Schedule 3.17;
(e) investments in existence on the date of this Agreement and described in Schedule 6.04;
(f) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that (A) in the case of loans or advances from Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, such loans and advances are made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices and (B) the amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together with outstanding Guarantees permitted under the proviso to Section 6.04(g)) shall not exceed $40,000,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs);
(g) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01, provided that (A) in the case of Guarantees by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, such Guarantees are entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is guaranteed by any Loan Party shall (together with outstanding intercompany loans permitted under the proviso to Section 6.04(f)) shall not exceed $40,000,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs);
(h) investments in the form of Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.07;
(i) investments constituting minority equity interests in Persons other than Subsidiaries of the Borrower not exceeding $25,000,000; and
(j) other investments not exceeding $5,000,000 at any time.
Investments and Acquisitions Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding, acquire, commit itself to acquire or hold any Investment (including any Investment consisting of the acquisition of any business) (or become contractually committed to do so) except for the following:
(a) Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (a) which are domestic Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement or (b) which become domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and become Guarantors to the extent required by Section 10.09; provided, however, that the aggregate book value of all assets (other than intercompany obligations) owned by Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed $10,000,000.
(b) Intercompany loans and advances from any Subsidiary to the Company or any Guarantor that, in the case of loans or advances from Foreign Subsidiaries, are subordinated to the Obligations in accordance with the Foreign Subsidiary Subordination Agreement.
(c) Investments in Cash Equivalents.
(d) Guarantees permitted by Section 6.06.
(e) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, and so long as the Company (if the Company is party thereto) or a Guarantor (if the Company is not party thereto) is the surviving entity, the Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire another entity in the same line of business as the Company as described in Section 6.02(a) if:
(i) at all times when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.50 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed acquisition as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) for which financial reports have been (or are required to have been) furnished to the Lenders in accordance with Sections 6.04(a) or 6.04(b), the purchase price for all such acquisitions permitted pursuant to this clause (e)(i) does not exceed, except with the consent of the Required Lenders, $100,000,000 in cash (excluding consideration consisting of Capital Stock, the proceeds of the issuance of Capital Stock or Subordinated Indebtedness) in the aggregate over the term of the Agreement;
(ii) at all times when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed acquisition as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) for which financial reports have been (or are required to have been) furnished to the Lenders in accordance with Sections 6.04(a) or 6.04(b), the Company and its Subsidiaries may make unlimited acquisitions; provided, however that in the event a transaction permitted pursuant to this clause (e)(ii) would, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto, cause the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to exceed 2.50, the portion of the cash purchase price with respect to such transaction attributed to causing the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to be greater than 2.50 shall only be permitted to be paid to the extent the Company has sufficient availability in the $100,000,000 basket set forth in clause (e)(i) to take into account such excess amount; provided, further, that with respect to any acquisition permitted pursuant to this Section 6.08(e)(ii), (i) the acquisition must be approved by the target entity’s board of directors, (ii) the Company must be in compliance with the Computation Covenants immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, (iii) the acquired entity must not have any environmental liabilities which, after giving effect to such acquisition, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) any Subsidiary acquired under this Section 6.08(e) (other than (a) a Foreign Subsidiary or (b) any Immaterial Subsidiary if the aggregate book value of the assets (other than intercompany obligations) of all Immaterial Subsidiaries acquired under this Section 6.08(e) since the Closing Date does not exceed $10,000,000) shall guarantee the Obligations, as contemplated by Section 10.09.
(f) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, the Company and its Subsidiaries may make (i) Investments in Unrestricted Affiliates engaged in businesses contemplated by Section 6.02(a) and (ii) Investments consisting of contributions of Property to Unrestricted Affiliates, in an aggregate amount for all such Investments permitted pursuant to this clause (f) (calculated at net book value at the time of such Investment), when taken together with the aggregate amount of all Dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 6.10(e), not to exceed $100,000,000.
(g) Loans or advances to employees of the Company in an amount not to exceed (i) $1,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time for the purchase of capital stock of the Company and (ii) $5,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time for all other purposes.
(h) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in foreign Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that other than with respect to Investments outstanding as of the Closing Date as described on Schedule 6.08(h), (i) such Investments shall not involve the transfer of substantial noncash assets from the Company and its domestic Subsidiaries to its Foreign Subsidiaries other than up to $35,000,000 in book value of foreign patents and foreign trademarks; and (ii) net cash Investments of the Company and its domestic Subsidiaries in Foreign Subsidiaries made pursuant to this Section 6.08(h) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $125,000,000 in the aggregate.
(i) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, and provided that the Company complies with Section 10.09, the Company may create a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that constitutes a holding company for the Company’s European Subsidiaries.
Loans, Advances, Investments, Etc Make or commit or agree to make, or permit any of its Subsidiaries make or commit or agree to make, any Investment in any other Person except for Permitted Investments.
