Incur means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.
Permitted Liens means, with respect to any Person:
Permitted Contingent Obligations means, without duplication: (a) Contingent Obligations arising in respect of the Debt under the Note Documents; (b) Contingent Obligations resulting from endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business; (c) Contingent Obligations outstanding on the date of this Agreement and set forth on Schedule 8.1 (including any refinancings, extensions, increases or amendments to the indebtedness underlying such Contingent Obligations to the extent constituting (i) Refinancing Debt or (ii) extensions of the maturity thereof without any other change in terms); (d) Contingent Obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations not to exceed $250,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; (f) Contingent Obligations arising under indemnity agreements with title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue to the Purchaser mortgagee title insurance policies; (g) Contingent Obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers in connection with dispositions of personal property assets permitted under Section 8.6; (h) [Reserved]; (i) so long as there exists no Event of Default both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such transaction, Contingent Obligations existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided, however, that such obligations are (or were) entered into by an Obligor or an Affiliate in the Ordinary Course of Business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person and not for purposes of speculation; and (j) other Contingent Obligations not permitted by clauses (a) through (i) above, not to exceed $250,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
Assume shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c); and the terms “Assumed” and “Assumption” shall have their correlative meanings.
Permitted Indebtedness means, without duplication, each of the following:
Hedging Event means, with respect to the Notes, the occurrence of an event that has a material adverse effect on Royal Bank’s ability to place, maintain or modify any hedge, including without limitation:
Other Covered Indebtedness means, collectively, Secured Longer-Term Indebtedness, Secured Shorter-Term Indebtedness and Unsecured Shorter-Term Indebtedness.
Contractual Obligation means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
BREACH OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION means amongst others also the following:
Unasserted Contingent Obligations means, at any time, First Priority Obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities (excluding (a) the principal of, and interest and premium (if any) on, and fees and expenses relating to, any First Priority Obligation and (b) contingent reimbursement obligations in respect of amounts that may be drawn under outstanding letters of credit) in respect of which no assertion of liability (whether oral or written) and no claim or demand for payment (whether oral or written) has been made (and, in the case of First Priority Obligations for indemnification, no notice for indemnification has been issued by the indemnitee) at such time.
Permit means any permit, certificate, consent, approval, authorization, order, license, variance, franchise or other similar indicia of authority issued or granted by any Governmental Authority.
Permitted Encumbrance means, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, such exceptions to title as are set forth in the Mortgage Policy delivered with respect thereto, all of which exceptions must be acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
believe refers to the good faith belief of each of those lawyers. Based solely upon oral telephonic advice from one or more members of the Commission’s staff, we inform you that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission. We are not representing the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary in any pending litigation in which it is a named defendant that challenges the validity or enforceability of, or seeks to enjoin the performance of, the Agreement. EXHIBIT 7(n)(i) Further, we confirm to you that the Registration Statement, as of its effective time and date, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus, appeared to us on their face to be responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the form on which the Registration Statement was filed, as well as the applicable requirements of Regulation C under the Securities Act, except that the foregoing statement does not address any requirement relating to financial statements and related notes, financial statement schedules or financial or accounting data contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. This letter is furnished by us as counsel for the Company to you in connection with the Agreement and is solely for your benefit in connection with the issuance to you of the Shares, and may not be relied on for any other purpose by you or anyone else. EXHIBIT 7(n)(i) Exhibit 7(n)(ii) FORM OF TAX OPINION OF XXXXXXX PROCTER LLP TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7(n)(i) Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as counsel for DiamondRock Hospitality Company, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended by a post-effective amendment filed on March 9, 2009 (File No. 333-157753) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on March 6, 2009, as amended by the prospectus supplement dated July 27, 2009 (as so amended or supplanted, the “Registration Statement”), and sale by the Company through Cantor Xxxxxxxxxx & Co (“CF&Co), in one or more offerings, of up to $75,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Shares”), of the Company pursuant to the sales agreement dated July 27, 2009 (the “Sales Agreement”) among the Company, DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and CF&Co. This opinion letter addresses the Company’s qualification as a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the classification of the Operating Partnership for federal income tax purposes, and the accuracy of certain matters discussed in the Registration Statement under the heading “Federal Income Tax Considerations Related to our REIT Election” and in the prospectus supplement under the heading “Supplement to Federal Income Tax Considerations.”
Suspect means the person or persons against or in relation to whom an inquiry is initiated in case of leak or suspected leak of UPSI.
Restricted Payment means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (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 such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).
Excluded Indebtedness means all Indebtedness not incurred in violation of Section 6.01.
Other Permitted Indebtedness means (a) accrued expenses and current trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business which are not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) arising in connection with transactions in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business in connection with its securities transactions, derivatives transactions, reverse repurchase agreements or dollar rolls to the extent such transactions are permitted under the Investment Company Act and the Borrower’s Investment Policies (after giving effect to any Permitted Policy Amendments), provided that such Indebtedness does not arise in connection with the purchase of Portfolio Investments other than Cash Equivalents and U.S. Government Securities and (c) Indebtedness in respect of judgments or awards that have been in force for less than the applicable period for taking an appeal so long as such judgments or awards do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (l) of Article VII.
Principal Property means any manufacturing plant or manufacturing facility, located within the United States of America (other than its territories and possessions), owned or leased by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, unless, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such plant, facility or property is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety.
Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transaction has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(b).
Permitted Lien means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP, (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien and (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness.
Contingent Obligations means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
Company Permitted Liens means (i) mechanics’, materialmen’s, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, vendors’, operators’ or other like Liens, if any, arising in the ordinary course of business of the Company; (ii) Liens arising under original purchase price conditional sales contracts and equipment leases with third parties entered into in the ordinary course of business; (iii) title defects or Liens (other than those constituting Liens for the payment of Indebtedness), if any, that do not or would not, individually or in the aggregate, impair in any material respect the use or occupancy of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (iv) Liens for Taxes that are not yet due or payable or that may thereafter be paid without penalty being contested in good faith and for which adequate accruals or reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (v) Liens supporting surety bonds, performance bonds and similar obligations issued in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (vi) Liens not created by the Company or its Subsidiaries that affect the underlying fee interest of a Company Leased Real Property; (vii) Liens that are disclosed on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company included in the Company Filed SEC Documents or notes thereto or securing liabilities reflected on such balance sheet; (viii) Liens arising under or pursuant to the organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ix) grants to others of Rights-of-Way, surface leases or crossing rights and amendments, modifications, and releases of Rights-of-Way, surface leases or crossing rights in the ordinary course of business; (x) with respect to Rights-of-Way, restrictions on the exercise of any of the rights under a granting instrument that are set forth therein or in another executed agreement, that is of public record or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries otherwise has access, between the parties thereto; (xi) Liens which an accurate up-to-date survey would show; (xii) Liens resulting from any facts or circumstances relating to Parent or any of its Affiliates; and (xiii) Liens that do not and would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the continued use of a Company Owned Real Property or a Company Leased Real Property as presently operated.
Permitted Debt means any Financial Indebtedness:
Extra Contractual Obligations shall be defined as those liabilities not covered under any other provision of this Contract and that arise from the handling of any claim on business covered hereunder, such liabilities arising because of, but not limited to, the following: failure by the Company to settle within the Policy limit, or by reason of alleged or actual negligence, fraud or bad faith in rejecting an offer of settlement or in the preparation of the defense or in the trial of any action against its insured or reinsured or in the preparation or prosecution of an appeal consequent upon such action.
Related Indebtedness means any and all indebtedness paid or payable by Borrower to Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any Loan Document other than any Note.
Acquired Indebtedness means, with respect to any specified Person,