Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any holder of 5% or more of any class of Capital Stock of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or with any Affiliate of Holdings or of any such holder, on terms that are less favorable to Holdings or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such a holder or Affiliate; provided, the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) any transaction between Company and any Guarantor Subsidiary; (b) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries; (c) compensation arrangements for officers and other employees of Holdings and its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (d) transactions described in Schedule 6.12.
Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. Holdings and Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any holder of 10% or more of any class of equity Securities of Holdings or with any Affiliate of Company or Holdings or of any such holder, on terms that are less favorable to Company or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not such a holder or Affiliate; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (i) any transaction between Company and any of its Subsidiaries or between any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the Governing Bodies of Company and its Subsidiaries, (iii) Restricted Junior Payments permitted by subsection 7.4, (iv) employment and severance arrangements between Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business, (v) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, managers, consultants, officers and employees of Company and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (vi) the payment of fees, expenses, indemnities or other payments pursuant transactions pursuant to the other permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.8 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect, (vii) so long as no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or be caused thereby, payments of up to $2,000,000 per Fiscal Year of management and monitoring fees provided for in the Management Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date and (viii) so long as no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or be caused thereby, Holdings and Company may pay additional fees, expenses, costs or other payments to any Person (including, without limitation, any Vector Entity or any of its Affiliates) after the Closing Date in an aggregate amount, when taken together with Restricted Junior Payments made pursuant to subsection 7.4(v), not to exceed $12,000,000 plus interest accruing thereon from and after the Closing Date at the applicable federal rate; provided, that all such payments made pursuant to th...
Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. Except for the transactions contemplated by the agreements, including performance by the applicable parties of the Obligations thereunder, set forth on Schedule 6.3(H) as such agreements are in effect as of the date hereof or any amendment permitted by the terms of this Agreement(provided any payments thereunder shall be governed by the terms of Section 6.3(F)) and except as otherwise permitted herein, neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly (i) pay any management fees, consulting fees, investment banking fees or other similar fees or compensation to any of the Jordan Stockholders, Management, MCIT or any other holder or holders of the Borrower's or Holdings' Equity Securities, other than wages, salaries and bonuses of employees who are also stockholders of the Borrower in the ordinary course and consistent with past practices or (ii) enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Jordan Stockholder, Management, MCIT or holder or holders of any of its equity securities of the Borrower or Holdings, or with any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) which is not its Restricted Subsidiary, on terms that are less favorable to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable, than those that might be obtained in an arm's length transaction at the time from Persons who are not such a holder, Affiliate or MCIT (each such transaction or series of related transactions that are part of a common plan, an "Affiliate Transaction"), except to the extent that such Affiliate Transactions involve aggregate payments or other transfers in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 for all such transactions from and after the date hereof. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, the Borrower shall not agree to any modification of, nor shall it permit, any modification to be made to the Affiliate Notes, nor shall it forgive any amounts payable thereunder, delay the date for payment of any amounts payable thereunder, reduce the interest payable thereunder or accept any non-cash consideration in payment of amounts payable thereunder.
Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any holder of 10% or more of any class of equity Securities of Company or with any Affiliate of Company or of any such holder, on terms that are less favorable to Company or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not such a holder or Affiliate; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (i) any transaction between Company and any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries or between any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, (ii) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the Boards of Directors of Company and its Subsidiaries, (iii) transactions with Receivables Entities pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Transaction, (iv) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and other benefit plans, (v) loans or advances to employees, officers, consultants or directors of Company or any Subsidiary, (vi) the payment of fees and indemnities to directors, officers and employees of Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (vii) any agreements with employees and directors entered into by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. Company shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any holder of ten percent (10%) or more of any class of Capital Stock of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or with any Affiliate of Holdings or of any such holder other than the transactions contemplated or permitted by the Credit Documents and the Related Agreements.
Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any holder of 5% or more of any class of equity Securities of Company or with any Affiliate of Company or of any such holder, on terms that are less favorable to Company or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not such a holder or Affiliate; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (i) any transaction between Company and any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or between any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or (ii) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the Governing Bodies of Company and its Subsidiaries.
Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of Borrower on terms that are less favorable to Borrower or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such an Affiliate; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) any transaction between or among Borrower and the Guarantors; (b) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower or of its Subsidiaries; (c) compensation arrangements (including severance arrangements to the extent approved by a majority of the disinterested members of Borrower’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s board of directors (or similar governing body) or the applicable committee thereof) for present or former officers and other employees of Borrower or of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business; (d) transactions described in Schedule 6.11; (e) any Restricted Junior Payment permitted pursuant to Section 6.4; (f) indemnities provided for the benefit of, directors, officers or employees of Borrower or of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; and (g) loans and advances to employees of Borrower or of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 6.6(f) (as well as advances to employees contemplated by clause (iii) of the defined term “Investment”).
Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. Enter into or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease, or exchange of any Asset or the rendering of any service) with any holder of 5% or more of any class of equity interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or with any Affiliate of the Borrower or of any such holder, in each case other than a Loan Party, on terms taken as a whole that are less favorable to the Borrower than those terms that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not such a holder, Subsidiary, or Affiliate, or if such transaction is not one in which terms could be obtained from such other Person on terms that are not negotiated in good faith on an arm’s length basis, and prior to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries engaging in any such transaction described in this Section 6.7, other than transactions in de minimis amounts, the Borrower shall determine that such transaction has been negotiated in good faith and on an arm’s length basis; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) Debt permitted under Section 6.1, (b) Permitted Investments, (c) the execution, delivery and performance of the agreements evidencing the obligation to pay the Management Fees, (d) transactions contemplated by the agreements set forth on Schedule 6.7 effected in connection with the IPO, (e) transactions in the ordinary course pursuant to the terms of a Benefit Plan, (f) any investment in a Co-Invest Entity or (g) transactions involving the use, transfer, or other disposition of any Assets, to the extent that (i) the Distribution by the Borrower of such Assets would not have violated this Agreement and (ii) such use, transfer, or other disposition would not otherwise result in an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default.
Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. None of the --------------------------------------------- Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any holder or holders of more than five percent (5%) of any class of equity Securities of a Borrower, or with any Affiliate of a Borrower which is not a Restricted Subsidiary on terms that are less favorable to such Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, than those that could be obtained in an arm's length transaction at the time from Persons who are not such a holder or Affiliate; provided, however, (i) annual advisory fees paid by the -------- ------- Company to Carlyle or any of its Affiliates shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year and (ii) Advisory fees paid by the Company to Carlyle or any of its Affiliates in connection with any Permitted Acquisition shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the purchase price thereof; provided, -------- further, however, that in each case any such payments to Carlyle or any of its ------- ------- Affiliates shall not be permitted if an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the date of payment thereof or would result therefrom. To the extent such payments to Carlyle or any of its Affiliates are prohibited pursuant to the preceding proviso, fees thereunder may accrue and be ------- paid by the Company when (A) an Event of Default or Default is no longer continuing and (B) the Administrative Agent confirms in a Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d), that the Company has been in compliance --------------- with the covenants set forth in Article X for each of the two fiscal quarters --------- ending after such Event of Default or Default.
Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. No Restricted Person shall, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) involving payments in excess of $50,000,000 with any Affiliate of a Restricted Person, on terms that are materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Restricted Persons, taken as a whole, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such a holder or Affiliate; provided, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to: (a) transactions that are otherwise permitted under this Agreement; (b) the Transactions (including the payment of all Transaction Costs); (c) any transaction among the General Partner and the Restricted Persons; (d) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (e) compensation arrangements for officers and other employees of any Restricted Person entered into in the ordinary course of business; (f) the transactions that are the subject of an MLP Limited Partnership Agreement; (g) transactions between a Restricted Person on the one hand and an MLP and the general partner of such MLP and their respective Subsidiaries on the other hand similar to those typically addressed in omnibus agreements between the sponsors of a publicly traded limited partnership on the one hand and the publicly traded partnership on the other hand; (h) the transactions that are the subject of the Shared Services Agreement dated August 26, 2005 by and between ETP and the Borrower, as amended by that certain First Amendment dated May 26, 2010 and that certain Second Amendment dated April 30, 2013 and as further amended or replaced from time to time; (i) the transactions that are the subject of the Services Agreement by and among ETE Services Company, LLC, the Borrower and Regency, as amended by that certain First Amendment dated April 30, 2013 and as further amended or replaced from time to time; (j) Contingent Residual Support Agreements and any Intercompany Equity/Debt; and (k) any other transaction approved by the Conflicts Committee of the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has obtained a “fairness” opinion from an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.
