Subsidiary Covenants. Except for any (a) encumbrance or restriction binding upon The Xxxx Group Inc. and its Subsidiaries permitted under the Transaction Agreement, (b) encumbrance or restriction contained in any of the Transaction Facilities (or any amendments or Permitted Refinancings thereof, provided that such amendments or refinancings are no more materially restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendment or refinancing), (c) customary provisions restricting subletting, assignment of any lease or assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business, (d) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to a sale or disposition not prohibited by Section 10.3 of this Agreement, or (e) any agreement in effect at the time a Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as it was not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, the Parent Guarantor will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause to become effective or suffer to exist any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its stock or redemption of its stock, or make any other Restricted Payment, pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to Parent Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, make loans or advances or other Investments in the Parent Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, or sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of its property to the Parent Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, or merge, consolidate with or liquidate into the Parent Guarantor or any other Subsidiary.
Subsidiary Covenants. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause to become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its stock, or make any other Restricted Payment, pay any Indebtedness or other Obligation owed to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, make loans or advances or other Investments in the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, or sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of its property to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.
Subsidiary Covenants. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause to become effective or suffer to exist any consensual encumbrance (other than Permitted Liens) or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its stock, or make any other Restricted Payment, pay any Indebtedness or other Obligation owed to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, make loans or advances or other Investments in the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, or sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of its property to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, or merge, consolidate with or liquidate into the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.
Subsidiary Covenants. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.3(N), the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause to become effective or suffer to exist any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its stock or redemption of its stock, or make any other Restricted Payment, pay any Indebtedness or other Obligation owed to Company or any other Subsidiary, make loans or advances or other Investments in the Company or any other Subsidiary, or sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of its property to the Company or any other Subsidiary, or merge, consolidate with or liquidate into the Company or any other Subsidiary.
Subsidiary Covenants. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.12, and except for any (a) encumbrance or restriction binding upon The Xxxx Group Inc. and its Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and permitted under the Transaction Agreement, (b) encumbrance or restriction contained in any of the Transaction Facilities (or any amendments or Permitted Refinancings thereof, provided that such amendments or refinancings are no more materially restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendment or refinancing), (c) customary provisions restricting subletting, assignment of any lease or assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business, (d) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to a sale or disposition not prohibited by Section 7.02, or (e) any agreement in effect at the time a Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as it was not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause to become effective or suffer to exist any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its stock or redemption of its stock, or make any other Restricted Payment, pay any Indebtedness or other Obligation owed to Company or any other Subsidiary, make loans or advances or other Investments in the Company or any other Subsidiary, or sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of its property to the Company or any other Subsidiary, or merge, consolidate with or liquidate into the Company or any other Subsidiary.
Subsidiary Covenants. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause to become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its stock, or make any other Restricted Payment, pay any Debt or other obligation owed to the Company or any other Subsidiary, make loans or advances or other Investments in the Company or any other Subsidiary or sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of its property to the Company or any other Subsidiary.
Subsidiary Covenants. The Company shall at any time institute and shall keep in place arrangements satisfactory to the Board, including the approval of each Series A Director then in office, if any, such that the Company (i) will control the operations of any Group Company and (ii) will be permitted to properly consolidate the financial results for such entity in consolidated financial statements for the Company prepared under the US GAAP. The Company shall, and shall cause each Group Company and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Group Company’s respective directors, officers, employees, agents and other Persons acting on its behalf or purporting to act on its behalf to, comply with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended, in all material respects and the Company and each Group Company shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that it and their respective Affiliates and representatives shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) offer or give anything of value to any Public Official (as defined below) with the intent of obtaining any improper advantage, affecting or influencing any act or decision of any such Person, assisting any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person, or constituting a bribe, kickback or illegal or improper payment to assist any Group in obtaining or retaining business, (b) take any other action, in each case, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of the United States of America, as amended (as if it were a US Person), or any other applicable similar anti-corruption, recordkeeping and internal controls laws, or (c) establish or maintain any fund or assets in which any Group Company has rights that have not been recorded in its books and records of Group Company. “Public Official” means any executive, official, or employee of a governmental authority, political party or member of a political party, political candidate; executive, employee or officer of a public international organization; or director, officer or employee or agent of a wholly owned or partially state-owned or controlled enterprise, including a PRC state-owned or controlled enterprise.
Subsidiary Covenants. No Borrower will, and the Company will not permit any other Subsidiary (other than any SPV) to, create or otherwise cause to become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary (other than any SPV) (i) to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its stock, (ii) to pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) to make loans or advances or other Investments in the Company or any Subsidiary, or (iv) to sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of its property to the Company or any Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (a) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Note Purchase Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Documents, (b) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing any leasehold interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) customary provisions restricting assignment of any licensing agreement or other contract entered into by Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (d) restrictions on the transfer of any asset pending the close of the sale of such asset and (e) restrictions on the transfer of any assets subject to a Lien permitted by Section 6.15.
Subsidiary Covenants. No Borrower will, or will permit any of its Subsidiaries other than a Project Finance Subsidiary, a Non-Material Subsidiary or an SPC to, create or otherwise cause to become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any such Subsidiary other than a Project Finance Subsidiary or Non-Material Subsidiary or SPC (i) other than with respect to dividends payable by the Company to its shareholders, to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its common stock, (ii) to pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to such Borrower or any other Subsidiary of such Borrower, or (iii) to make loans or advances or other Investments in such Borrower or any other Subsidiary of such Borrower, in each case, other than (a) restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement, the New Illinois Agreement or the Supplemental Credit Agreement (or restrictions and conditions imposed under refinancings or replacements of the New Illinois Agreement or the Supplemental Credit Agreement that are substantially the same as those imposed by the New Illinois Agreement or the Supplemental Credit Agreement) or the documents governing Resources Permitted Debt, (b) restrictions and conditions existing as of July 14, 2006 hereof, in each case as identified on Schedule 3 (without giving effect to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition), (c) restrictions on dividends on the capital stock of Union Electric entered into in connection with future issuances of subordinated capital income securities, to the extent the same are not more restrictive than those benefiting the holders of Union Electric’s existing 7.69% Subordinated Capital Income Securities, (d) restrictions and conditions in agreements or arrangements entered into by (1) Electric Energy, Inc. regarding the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions with respect to shares of its capital stock or (2) Gateway Energy WGK Project, L.L.C., in each case, without giving effect to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition, (e) customary restrictions and conditions relating to an SPC contained in agreements governing a Permitted Securitization, and (f) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is perm...
Subsidiary Covenants. Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries other than a Project Finance Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause to become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any such Subsidiary other than a Project Finance Subsidiary (i) to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its common stock, (ii) to pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to such Borrower or any other Subsidiary of such Borrower, or (iii) to make loans or advances or other Investments in such Borrower or any other Subsidiary of such Borrower, in each case, other than
(a) restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement or the CILCORP Pledge Agreement, (b) restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof, in each case as identified on Schedule 3 (without giving effect to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition), (c) customary restrictions and conditions relating to an SPC contained in agreements governing a Permitted Securitization, and (d) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder.
