Permitted Equity Financings definition

Permitted Equity Financings means the issuance of unsecured subordinated Indebtedness (including convertible debt) and/or preferred equity of Holdings (or a newly created wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings, which Subsidiary may hold capital stock of Borrower (it being understood and agreed that all of the outstanding Equity Securities of Borrower shall at all times be pledged as Collateral pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent), any such newly created Subsidiary being referred to herein as “NewHoldco”) in an aggregate combined principal amount not to exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000), the Net Debt Securities Proceeds and/or the Net Equity Securities Proceeds of which are contributed as common equity to Borrower and are applied by Borrower as required by subsection 2.4B(iii)(b) to prepay Loans; provided that (a) Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not have any obligations or liabilities under or in respect of any such Permitted Equity Financing, (b) all such Permitted Equity Financings shall be issued pursuant to documentation containing rates, maturities, amortizations, covenants, remedies and other material terms (including subordination provisions if required by Administrative Agent) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (c) none of the unsecured subordinated Indebtedness and/or preferred equity issued pursuant to any Permitted Equity Financing shall be scheduled or permitted to mature prior to the scheduled maturity date of the Term Loans, or any Revolving Loan without the consent of Requisite Lenders; provided further, that (i) in the event Holdings elects to create NewHoldco for the purpose of issuing all or any portion of such Permitted Equity Financings, NewHoldco shall be created pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (ii) Holdings, NewHoldco, Borrower and the other Credit Parties shall enter into such amendments and modifications of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to reflect issuance of the Permitted Equity Financings, the existence of NewHoldco and preserve and maintain the rights and remedies of Administrative Agent and Lenders (including preserving and maintaining the pledge of capital stock of Borrower pursuant to the Collateral Documents) in full force and effect as contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents prior to such issuan...

Related to Permitted Equity Financings

  • Permitted Equity Issuance means any sale or issuance of any Qualified Equity Interests.

  • Permitted Financing means (i) the Company’s issuance of Common Stock and warrants therefore in connection with a merger and/or acquisition or consolidation, (ii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock or warrants therefore in connection with strategic license agreements so long as such issuances are not for the purpose of raising capital, (iii) the Company’s issuance of Common Stock or the issuance or grants of options to purchase Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans as they now exist, and (iv) the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise or conversion of any securities outstanding on the date hereof.

  • Permitted Equity Interests means common stock of the Borrower that after its issuance is not subject to any agreement between the holder of such common stock and the Borrower where the Borrower is required to purchase, redeem, retire, acquire, cancel or terminate any such common stock.

  • Qualified Equity Financing means the first sale (or series of related sales) by the Company of its Preferred Stock following the Date of Issuance from which the Company receives gross proceeds of not less than $1,000,000 (excluding the aggregate amount of securities converted into Preferred Stock in connection with such sale or series of related sales).

  • Permitted Convertible Debt means Indebtedness of the Borrower that is convertible into a fixed number (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, “make-whole” increases and other customary changes thereto) of shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the Common Stock), cash or any combination thereof (with the amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such Common Stock or such other securities); provided that such Indebtedness shall (a) not require any scheduled amortization or otherwise require payment of principal prior to, or have a scheduled maturity date earlier than, one hundred eighty (180) days after the Term Loan Maturity Date, (b) be unsecured, (c) not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary of Borrower, and (d) be on terms and conditions customary for Indebtedness of such type, as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower or a committee thereof; provided further, that any cross-default or cross-acceleration event of default (each howsoever defined) provision contained therein that relates to indebtedness or other payment obligations of Borrower (or any of its Subsidiaries) (such indebtedness or other payment obligations, a “Cross-Default Reference Obligation”) contains a cure period of at least thirty (30) calendar days (after written notice to the issuer of such Indebtedness by the trustee or to such issuer and such trustee by holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding) before a default, event of default, acceleration or other event or condition under such Cross-Default Reference Obligation results in an event of default under such cross-default or cross-acceleration provision.

  • Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt means any secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or senior secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature prior to the Maturity Date of the Refinanced Debt and such Indebtedness shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is not shorter than the Refinanced Debt, (iv) to the extent applicable, the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (v) no Restricted Subsidiary guarantees such Indebtedness unless it is a Subsidiary Guarantor (or becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor substantially concurrently with the incurrence of such Indebtedness); provided that, if, at any time, such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be a Guarantor, it shall not guarantee such Indebtedness, (vi) the other terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (excluding pricing, fees, rate floors, premiums, optional prepayment or optional redemption provisions) reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence and issuance; provided, that, to the extent such terms and documentation are not substantially identical to the Indebtedness being refinanced, (x) such terms (taken as a whole) shall be less favorable to the providers of such Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt than those applicable to the Indebtedness being refinanced, except, in each case, for financial or other covenants or other provisions contained in such Indebtedness that are applicable only after the then Latest Maturity Date, or (y) such documentation shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (vii) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Administrative Agent shall have become a party to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (or any then-existing Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement shall have been amended or replaced in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which results in such Senior Representative having rights to share in the Collateral as provided in clause (i) above). Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.

  • Permitted Debt means any Financial Indebtedness:

  • 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 Refinancing Debt means any Debt that Refinances any other Debt, including any successive Refinancings, so long as:

  • Permitted Convertible Indebtedness means senior, unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is convertible into shares of common stock of the Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the common stock of the Borrower), cash or a combination thereof (such amount of cash determined by reference to the price of the Borrower’s common stock or such other securities or property), and cash in lieu of fractional shares of common stock of the Borrower.

  • Permitted Existing Indebtedness means the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries identified as such on Schedule 1.1.1 to this Agreement.

  • Acquisition Debt means any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, a Material Acquisition and any related transactions or series of related transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any pre-existing Indebtedness of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or the person(s) or assets to be acquired); provided that (a) the release of the proceeds of such Indebtedness to the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries is contingent upon the consummation of such Material Acquisition and, pending such release, such proceeds are held in escrow (and, if the definitive agreement (or, in the case of a tender offer or similar transaction, the definitive offer document) for such acquisition is terminated prior to the consummation of such Material Acquisition or if such Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness, such proceeds shall be promptly applied to satisfy and discharge all obligations of the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries in respect of such Indebtedness) or (b) such Indebtedness contains a “special mandatory redemption” provision (or other similar provision) or otherwise permits such Indebtedness to be redeemed or prepaid if such Material Acquisition is not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness (and if the definitive agreement (or, in the case of a tender offer or similar transaction, the definitive offer document) for such Material Acquisition is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the consummation of such Material Acquisition or such Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is so redeemed or prepaid within 90 days of such termination or such specified date, as the case may be).

  • Permitted Convertible Notes means any unsecured notes issued by the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 6.01 that are convertible into a fixed number (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, “make-whole” increases and other customary changes thereto) of shares of common stock of the Company (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Company), cash or any combination thereof (with the amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such common stock or such other securities); provided that, the Indebtedness thereunder must satisfy each of the following conditions: (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom, (ii) such Indebtedness matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled or otherwise required payments of principal prior to, and does not permit any Loan Party to elect optional redemption or optional acceleration that would be settled on a date prior to, the date that is six (6) months after the Maturity Date (it being understood that neither (x) any provision requiring an offer to purchase such Indebtedness as a result of change of control or other fundamental change (which change of control or other fundamental change, for the avoidance of doubt, constitutes a “Change of Control” hereunder), which purchase is settled on a date no earlier than the date twenty (20) Business Days following the occurrence of such change of control or other fundamental change nor (y) any early conversion of any Permitted Convertible Notes in accordance with the terms thereof, in either case, shall violate the foregoing restriction), (iii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Company other than the Subsidiary Borrowers or Subsidiary Guarantors (which guarantees, if such Indebtedness is subordinated, shall be expressly subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms not less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness), (iv) any cross-default or cross-acceleration event of default (each howsoever defined) provision contained therein that relates to indebtedness or other payment obligations of any Loan Party (such indebtedness or other payment obligations, a “Cross-Default Reference Obligation”) contains a cure period of at least thirty (30) calendar days (after written notice to the issuer of such Indebtedness by the trustee or to such issuer and such trustee by holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding) before a default, event of default, acceleration or other event or condition under such Cross-Default Reference Obligation results in an event of default under such cross-default or cross-acceleration provision and (v) the terms, conditions and covenants of such Indebtedness must be customary for convertible Indebtedness of such type (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, or a committee thereof, in good faith).

  • Permitted Receivables Financing means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which it sells, conveys or contributes to capital or otherwise transfers (which sale, conveyance, contribution to capital or transfer may include or be supported by the grant of a security interest in) Receivables or interests therein and all collateral securing such Receivables, all contracts and contract rights, purchase orders, security interests, financing statements or other documentation in respect of such Receivables, any guarantees, indemnities, warranties or other obligations in respect of such Receivables, any other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables similar to such Receivables and any collections or proceeds of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Related Assets”), all of which such sales, conveyances, contributions to capital or transfers shall be made by the transferor for fair value as reasonably determined by the Borrower (calculated in a manner typical for such transactions including a fair market discount from the face value of such Receivables) (a) to a trust, partnership, corporation or other Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than any Receivables Financing Subsidiary), which transfer is funded in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by the incurrence or issuance by the transferee or any successor transferee of Indebtedness, fractional undivided interests or other securities that are to receive payments from, or that represent interests in, the cash flow derived from such Receivables and Related Assets or interests in such Receivables and Related Assets, or (b) directly to one or more investors or other purchasers (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary), it being understood that a Permitted Receivables Financing may involve (i) one or more sequential transfers or pledges of the same Receivables and Related Assets, or interests therein (such as a sale, conveyance or other transfer to any Receivables Financing Subsidiary followed by a pledge of the transferred Receivables and Related Assets to secure Indebtedness incurred by the Receivables Financing Subsidiary), and all such transfers, pledges and Indebtedness incurrences shall be part of and constitute a single Permitted Receivables Financing, and (ii) periodic transfers or pledges of Receivables and/or revolving transactions in which new Receivables and Related Assets, or interests therein, are transferred or pledged upon collection of previously transferred or pledged Receivables and Related Assets, or interests therein, provided that any such transactions shall provide for recourse to such Subsidiary (other than any Receivables Financing Subsidiary) or the Borrower (as applicable) only in respect of the cash flows in respect of such Receivables and Related Assets and to the extent of breaches of representations and warranties relating to the Receivables, dilution of the Receivables, customary indemnities and other customary securitization undertakings in the jurisdiction relevant to such transactions.

  • Permitted Securitization Financing means one or more transactions pursuant to which (i) Securitization Assets or interests therein are sold or transferred to or financed by one or more Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries, and (ii) such Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries finance (or refinance) their acquisition of such Securitization Assets or interests therein, or the financing thereof, by selling or borrowing against Securitization Assets (including conduit and warehouse financings) and any Hedging Agreements entered into in connection with such Securitization Assets; provided, that recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than the Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries) in connection with such transactions shall be limited to the extent customary (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) for similar transactions in the applicable jurisdictions (including, to the extent applicable, in a manner consistent with the delivery of a “true sale”/“absolute transfer” opinion with respect to any transfer by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary).

  • 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.

  • Equity Financing means the next sale (or series of related sales) by the Company of its Equity Securities to one or more third parties following the date of this instrument from which the Company receives gross proceeds of not less than $1,000,000 cash or cash equivalent (excluding the conversion of any instruments convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Capital Stock, such as SAFEs or convertible promissory notes) with the principal purpose of raising capital.

  • Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction means any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction.

  • Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of second lien secured notes or second lien secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a second lien, subordinated basis to the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (iv) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that such differences are not more favorable to the investors in such secured Indebtedness), (v) such Indebtedness is not also incurred by or guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than the Subsidiary Guarantors and is not incurred by or guaranteed by any other Person, (vi) an agent or representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness (a “Second Lien Agent”) shall have become party to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”); provided that, if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt incurred by the Borrower, then the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Agent for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) the other terms and conditions of such secured Indebtedness are on the whole substantially identical to, or less favorable to the investors providing such secured Indebtedness, than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt (except for (x) pricing, fees, rate floors and prepayment or redemption premiums, which shall reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence or issuance, (y) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the date such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained and (z) differences that reflect the nature of such secured debt as fixed or floating rate securities), and (viii) a Responsible Officer shall have certified compliance with the foregoing requirements and that the incurrence of such Indebtedness complies with Section 6.2.

  • Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:

  • Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt means secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of second lien (or other junior lien) secured notes or debentures or second lien (or other junior lien) secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by all or a portion of the Collateral on a second priority (or other junior priority) basis to the Liens securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” (provided that such Indebtedness may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”), (iii) the holders of such Indebtedness (or their representative) and the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall be party to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement, and (iv) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors.

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

  • Acquisition Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that has been incurred for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, an Acquisition and any related transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any related bridge facilities or any pre-existing Indebtedness of the Persons or assets to be acquired); provided that either (a) the release of the proceeds thereof to the Company and the Subsidiaries is contingent upon the substantially simultaneous consummation of such Acquisition (and, if the definitive agreement for such Acquisition is terminated prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, or if such Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation evidencing, governing the rights of the holders of or otherwise relating to such Indebtedness, then, in each case, such proceeds are, and pursuant to the terms of such definitive documentation are required to be, promptly applied to satisfy and discharge all obligations of the Company and the Subsidiaries in respect of such Indebtedness) or (b) such Indebtedness contains a “special mandatory redemption” provision (or a similar provision) if such Acquisition is not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation evidencing, governing the rights of the holders of or otherwise relating to such Indebtedness (and, if the definitive agreement for such Acquisition is terminated prior to the consummation of such Acquisition or such Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date so specified, such Indebtedness is, and pursuant to such “special mandatory redemption” (or similar) provision is required to be, redeemed or otherwise satisfied and discharged within 90 days of such termination or such specified date, as the case may be).

  • Permitted Existing Investments means the Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries identified as such on Schedule 1.1.2 to this Agreement.

  • Specified Refinancing Debt has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(a).

  • Closing Debt means the aggregate principal amount of, and accrued interest on, all Debt of the Company as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date.