Permitted Business Acquisitions definition

Permitted Business Acquisitions means acquisitions of all or substantially all of the assets of, or shares or other equity interests in, a person or division or line of business of a person engaged in the same business as Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries or in a related business if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws, (iii) at least 90% of the outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity must be owned directly by the Company or a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that the acquisition of less than 90% of the capital stock of any corporation or other entity which is owned by a person, division or line of business acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition shall not be prohibited by this clause) and, except as provided in Section 5.18(c), such corporation or entity shall become a Restricted Subsidiary and a Guarantor and execute a counterpart to the relevant Security Documents, and, except as provided in Section 5.18(c), all capital stock or other equity interest created or acquired and all property acquired in connection with such acquisition (other than Excluded Collateral) shall be duly and validly pledged to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties to the extent required by Section 5.18, and (iv) (A) Holdings shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with the covenants contained in Sections 6.14 and 6.15 recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Holdings, and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers' certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such acquired corporation, entity or assets, and (B) the acquired corporation or entity shall not be liable for any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01). For purposes of Section 6, any Restricted Subsidiary satisfying the requirements of clause (iii) above shall be deemed to be a "wholly owned subsidiary".
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Permitted Business Acquisitions. Acquisitions pursuant to which : (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing after giving effect to such Acquisition, (ii) such Acquisition shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws, (iii) 50% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of any acquired or newly formed Person must be owned directly by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary hereunder, and (iv) the Company shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with the financial covenants contained in subsection 9.1 recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company, and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect.
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Permitted Business Acquisitions means acquisitions of all or substantially all of the assets of, or shares or other equity interests in, a person or division or line of business of a person engaged in the same business as Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries or in a related business if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws, (iii) at least 90% of the outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity must be owned directly by the Borrower or a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary and such corporation or entity shall become a Restricted Subsidiary and a Guarantor and execute a counterpart to the Guarantee Agreement, and all capital stock or other equity interest created or acquired in connection with such acquisition shall be duly and validly pledged to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, and (iv)
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Examples of Permitted Business Acquisitions in a sentence

  • The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Revolving Facility Loans and the Swingline Loans for working capital needs and other general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, for Permitted Business Acquisitions and to make Permitted Investments).

  • Except as set forth above, the proceeds of the Incremental Extensions of Credit shall be used for general corporate purposes including Permitted Business Acquisitions.

  • The Borrower Parties will use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans, and may request the issuance of Letters of Credit, for general corporate purposes (including for capital expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions, the repayment or refinancing of Indebtedness and the making of Investments and Restricted Payments, in each case to the extent not prohibited hereunder).

  • Use the proceeds of the Loans (i) to repay in full all amounts in respect of the Existing Credit Agreement and (ii) for general corporate purposes not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document, including, without limitation, Permitted Acquisitions, Permitted Business Acquisitions, Permitted Share Repurchases, Permitted Note Repurchases and Redemptions and working capital purposes.

  • Use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans and use Letters of Credit for general corporate purposes and working capital (including for capital expenditures and Permitted Business Acquisitions, in each case to the extent not prohibited hereunder).

  • The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Revolving Facility Loans, and may request the issuance of Letters of Credit, solely for general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, for the Transactions, Repricing Date Transactions, Permitted Business Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures and Transaction Expenses and, in the case of Letters of Credit, for the back-up or replacement of existing letters of credit).

  • The proceeds of the Revolving Facility Loans will be used for general corporate purposes (including for the repurchase of the Industrial Revenue Bonds and Permitted Business Acquisitions).

  • The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Revolving Facility Loans, and may request the issuance of Letters of Credit, solely for general corporate purposes (including for working capital purposes, for capital expenditures, for the Transactions, for Permitted Business Acquisitions and, in the case of Letters of Credit, for the back-up or replacement of existing letters of credit).

  • The proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans will be used for general corporate purposes (including financing capital expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions, Restricted Payments, refinancing of Indebtedness and any other transaction not prohibited hereunder).

  • The proceeds of the Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and any Term B Loans comprising part of a Facilities Increase made after the Closing Date will be used solely to provide for the working capital requirements of the Company and its Subsidiaries and for the general corporate purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including Permitted Business Acquisitions and to finance Consolidated Capital Expenditures and Restricted Payments permitted by SECTION 7.07.


More Definitions of Permitted Business Acquisitions

Permitted Business Acquisitions any acquisition of the rights to provide DirecTv pursuant to any Contract or acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or shares or other equity interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person or other significant assets of a Person which includes the acquisition of such rights in additional Service Areas on or before December 31, 1998 provided that: (a) the purchase price of such acquisition does not exceed the greater of (i) $120 times the number of Households in the acquired Service Area, or (ii) $1800 times the number of Subscribers in the acquired Service Area, (b) immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, the Borrower's Subscriber Base does not increase by more than 50%; (c) immediately after giving effect to such acquisition the total number of Households within the Borrower's Service Areas does not increase by more than 30%, (d) upon the consummation of such acquisition, the Available Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders are greater than (i) $10,000,000 if such acquisition is consummated on or before December 31, 1997, or (ii) $5,000,000 if such acquisition is consummated after December 31, 1997, (e) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result therefrom, (f) all transactions related thereto shall have been consummated in all material respects in accordance with applicable laws and (g) all actions required to be taken, if any, with respect to such acquired assets or newly formed subsidiary under subsection 7.10 shall have been taken.
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Permitted Business Acquisitions any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or shares or other equity interests in a Person in the theater exhibitor or related business, or a division, line of business or asset useful in the theater exhibitor or related business of any Person (or any subsequent investment made in a previously acquired Permitted Business Acquisitions) if immediately after giving effect thereto: (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (b) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws, (c) any acquired or newly formed corporation, partnership, association or other business entity shall be a Wholly Owned
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Permitted Business Acquisitions means any acquisition by the Company ------------------------------- or a Company Group Subsidiary of all or substantially all the assets of, or Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person which, in any case, is engaged in a telecommunications business contemplated by the definition of Telecommunications Assets and is acquired as a going concern; provided, that any entity acquired in connection with a Permitted Business -------- Acquisition executes and delivers a Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, the Security Agreement and all other applicable Security Documents, including, if applicable, the Pledge Agreement.
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Permitted Business Acquisitions acquisitions of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all of the shares or other equity interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person engaged in the same business as the Company and its Subsidiaries or in a related business if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing after giving effect to such acquisition, (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws, (iii) 75% of the outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity must be owned directly by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and such corporation or entity shall become a Restricted Subsidiary hereunder, (iv) in the case of an acquisition of Capital Stock, the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the target company shall have approved such transaction, and (v) the Company shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with the covenants contained in subsection 9.1 recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company, and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers' certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such acquired corporation, entity or assets.
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Permitted Business Acquisitions. Acquisitions pursuant to which : (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing after giving effect to such Acquisition, (ii) such Acquisition shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws, (iii) 50% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of any acquired or newly formed Person must be owned directly by the Company or a Subsidiary and such Person shall become a Subsidiary hereunder, (iv) the consideration paid therefor consists solely of common stock of the Company (and shall not include any assumption of Indebtedness), and the aggregate consideration paid therefor, together with the aggregate consideration paid for any other such purchase or acquisition consummated after the Restatement Effective Date in reliance on subsection 9.7(d) (including, in each case, all obligations in respect of deferred purchase price (including obligations under any purchase price adjustment but excluding earnout or similar payments) and all other consideration payable in connection therewith (including payment obligations in respect of noncompetition agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration)) shall not exceed $50,000,000, provided that the limitations of this clause (iv) shall not apply to any payment of consideration constituting reinvestment of the Net Cash Proceeds of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event” to the extent permitted by subsection 2.5(b), and (v) the Company shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with the financial covenants contained in subsection 9.1 recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company, and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect.
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Related to Permitted Business Acquisitions

  • Permitted Business Acquisition means any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all or substantially all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) not previously held by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or division or line of business of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person or division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition), if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Event of Default under clause (b), (c), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, provided, however, that with respect to a proposed acquisition pursuant to an executed acquisition agreement, at the option of the Borrower, the determination of whether such an Event of Default shall exist shall be made solely at the time of the execution of the acquisition agreement related to such Permitted Business Acquisition; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws; (iii) with respect to any such acquisition or investment with cash consideration in excess of $50,000,000, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance immediately after giving effect to such acquisition or investment and any related transaction; (iv) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; (v) to the extent required by Section 5.10, any person acquired in such acquisition, if acquired by the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary, shall be merged into the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party or become upon consummation of such acquisition a Subsidiary Loan Party; and (vi) the aggregate cash consideration in respect of such acquisitions and investments in assets that are not owned by the Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Parties or in Equity Interests of persons that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties or do not become Subsidiary Loan Parties, in each case upon consummation of such acquisition, shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) 0.05 times the EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period (excluding for purposes of the calculation in this clause (vi), (A) any such assets or Equity Interests that are no longer owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (B) acquisitions and investments made at a time when, immediately after giving effect thereto, the Net Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would not exceed 3.15 to 1.00, which acquisitions and investments shall be permitted under this clause (vi) without regard to such calculation).

  • Business Acquisition means the acquisition of a company or any shares or securities or a business or undertaking (or, in each case, any interest in any of them) or the incorporation of a company.

  • Permitted Business Investments means Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company or in any Joint Venture, provided that:

  • Permitted Business means any business conducted by the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries or CTSH and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof and any other business related, ancillary or complementary to any such business.

  • Permitted Acquisitions means any transaction or series of related transactions for the direct or indirect (a) acquisition of all or substantially all of the property of any Person, or of any business or division of any Person, (b) acquisition of all or substantially all the Equity Interests of any Person, and otherwise causing such Person to become a Subsidiary of such Person, (c) merger or consolidation or any other combination with any Person, or (d) any Permitted Restaurant Acquisition, if each of the following conditions is met:

  • Permitted Business Investment means any Investment made in the ordinary course of, and of a nature that is or shall have become customary in, the Oil and Gas Business including investments or expenditures for actively exploiting, exploring for, acquiring, developing, producing, processing, gathering, marketing or transporting oil, natural gas or other Hydrocarbons and minerals through agreements, transactions, interests or arrangements which permit one to share risks or costs, comply with regulatory requirements regarding local ownership or satisfy other objectives customarily achieved through the conduct of the Oil and Gas Business jointly with third parties including:

  • Permitted Businesses means the business of owning, leasing and managing gasoline stations, convenience store properties and other retail real properties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, quick service or other casual restaurants and auto service and auto parts stores), and any other single-tenant net lease business, and business activities reasonably related to the foregoing (including the creation or acquisition of any interest in any Subsidiary (or entity that following such creation or acquisition would be a Subsidiary) for the purpose of conducting the foregoing activities), in each case that are permitted for real estate investment trusts under the Code.

  • Permitted Bid Acquisitions means share acquisitions made pursuant to a Permitted Bid or a Competing Bid.

  • Permitted Acquisition Indebtedness means Indebtedness (including Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such Indebtedness was Indebtedness:

  • Permitted Acquisition means any acquisition by Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person; provided that:

  • Permitted Acquired Debt shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(d).

  • Material Permitted Acquisition means a Permitted Acquisition involving consideration of $300.0 million or greater.

  • Permitted Bid Acquisition means an acquisition of Voting Shares made pursuant to a Permitted Bid or a Competing Permitted Bid;

  • Target Business Acquisition Period means the period commencing from the effectiveness of the registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Company's IPO up to and including the first to occur of (i) a Business Combination; or (ii) the Termination Date.

  • Permitted Acquisition Documents means with respect to any acquisition proposed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, final copies or substantially final drafts if not executed at the required time of delivery of the purchase agreement, sale agreement, merger agreement or other agreement evidencing such acquisition, including, without limitation, all legal opinions and each other document executed, delivered, contemplated by or prepared in connection therewith and any amendment, modification or supplement to any of the foregoing.

  • business acquisition report means a completed Form 51-102F4 Business Acquisition Report;

  • Permitted Asset Dispositions means the following Asset Dispositions:

  • Acquisitions means the acquisition by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of at least a majority of the capital stock or all or substantially all of the property of another Person, division of another Person or other business unit of another Person, whether or not involving a merger or consolidation of such Person; provided, that such Person or property is used or useful in a Permitted Line of Business.

  • Permitted Asset Sale means any Asset Sale that is permitted under Section 6.8.

  • Related Business means any business in which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries was engaged on the Issue Date and any business related, ancillary or complementary to such business.

  • Exempt Acquisition means a share acquisition in respect of which the Board of Directors has waived the application of Section 3.1 pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 5.1(a) or (h);

  • Permitted Capital Expenditures has the meaning given that term in Section 9.12(b).

  • Permitted Joint Ventures means one or more joint ventures formed (a) by the contribution of some or all of the assets of the Company’s or a Permitted Affiliate Parent’s business solutions division pursuant to a Business Division Transaction to a joint venture formed by the Company, a Permitted Affiliate Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with one or more joint venturers and/or (b) for the purposes of network and/or infrastructure sharing with one or more joint venturers.

  • Asset Sales means any sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease, assignment or other disposition by any Borrower to any Person (including by means of a sale and leaseback transaction or a merger or consolidation or similar transaction and including any sale or issuance of the equity interests of any Borrower) (collectively, for purposes of this definition, a “transfer”), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of any assets of any Borrower; provided, that for purposes of this definition, the term “Asset Sale” shall not include:

  • Permitted Joint Venture Investment means, with respect to an Investment by any specified Person, an Investment by such specified Person in any other Person engaged in a Permitted Business (a) over which the specified Person is responsible (either directly or through a services agreement) for day-to-day operations or otherwise has operational and managerial control of such other Person, or veto power over significant management decisions affecting such other Person and (b) of which at least 30% of the outstanding Equity Interests of such other Person is at the time owned directly or indirectly by the specified Person.

  • Permitted Asset Disposition means (i) any Asset Disposition permitted by Section 8.5 and (ii) any Excluded Asset Disposition.