Other Potential Acquirers (a) The Company and its subsidiaries shall, and shall direct and use their reasonable best efforts to cause its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents to, immediately cease any discussions or negotiations with any parties with respect to any Third Party Acquisition (as defined below). The Company and its subsidiaries shall and shall direct and use their reasonable best efforts to cause their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives or agents not to, directly or indirectly, encourage, solicit, participate in or initiate discussions or negotiations with or provide any non-public information to any Person or group (other than Parent and Acquisition or any designees of Parent and Acquisition) concerning any Third Party Acquisition; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the Board from taking and disclosing to the Company's stockholders a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act with regard to any tender offer; and provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if, prior to the Tender Offer Purchase Time, the Company receives a "Potential Proposal" (defined as an unsolicited Superior Proposal (defined below) or an unsolicited proposal, offer or indication that the Company in good faith believes may lead to a Superior Proposal), then, following written notice to Parent and Acquisition, the Company may, pursuant to a non-disclosure agreement with terms regarding the protection of confidential information at least as restrictive as such terms in the Confidentiality Agreement, provide the Person making the Potential Proposal with the same non-public information that the Company supplied to Parent and consider and negotiate a Potential Proposal. The Company shall promptly, and in any event before furnishing non-public information to any such Person, notify the Parent in the event it receives any proposal or inquiry concerning a Third Party Acquisition, including the material terms and conditions thereof and the identity of the party submitting such proposal.
Approved Acquisitions Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, upon the consummation of any merger or other acquisition transaction of the type described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 13.1 involving the Company pursuant to a merger or other acquisition agreement between the Company and any Person (or one or more of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates) which agreement has been approved by the Board prior to any Person becoming an Acquiring Person, this Agreement and the rights of holders of Rights hereunder shall be terminated in accordance with Section 7.1.
Hostile Acquisitions Directly or indirectly use the proceeds of any Loan in connection with the acquisition of part or all of a voting interest of five percent (5%) or more in any corporation or other business entity if such acquisition is opposed by the board of directors of such corporation or business entity.
Mergers, Acquisitions Novations and Change-of-Name Agreements The Contractor shall submit timely notice of Merger and Acquisitions or contractual copies of Novation or Change-of-Name Agreements, if applicable
No Acquisitions The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial equity interest in or a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof or (ii) other than in the ordinary course of business, otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets which, in the case of this clause (ii), are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company.
Permitted Acquisition any Acquisition by any Borrower in a transaction that satisfies each of the following requirements: (a) such Acquisition is not a hostile acquisition or contested by the Person to be acquired; (b) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ total assets), or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired, are useful in or engaged in, as applicable, the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries or a business reasonably related thereto; (c) both before and after giving effect to such Acquisition, each of the representations and warranties in the Loan Documents is true and correct; (d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of such Acquisition; (e) as soon as available, but not less than 30 days prior to such Acquisition, the Borrowers have provided Agent (i) notice of such Acquisition and (ii) a copy of all available business and financial information reasonably requested by Agent including pro forma financial statements, statements of cash flow, and Availability projections; (f) not later than 15 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of such Acquisition, Borrowers shall have provided the Agent with copies of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to such Acquisition, which agreement and documents must be reasonably acceptable to Agent; (g) the aggregate purchase consideration payable (including deferred payment obligations, but excluding issuances of Equity Interests of Clearwater) in respect of all Acquisitions made during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $50,000,000; (h) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of the Equity Interests of a Person, the Acquisition is structured so that the acquired Person shall become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Borrower and, in accordance with Section 10.1.9, an Obligor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (i) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of assets, the Acquisition is structured so that an Obligor (or a newly organized Subsidiary that becomes an Obligor) shall acquire such assets; (j) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to the assets being acquired) are located within the United States, or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired is organized in a jurisdiction located within the United States; (k) no Debt will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to Borrower or its Subsidiaries as a result of such Acquisition, other than Debt permitted under Section 10.2.1 and no Liens will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to the assets of Borrower or its Subsidiaries as a result or such Acquisition other than Permitted Liens; and (l) both before and after giving effect to any such Acquisition, Modified Availability is greater than $50,000,000. In no event will assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition constitute Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory or Eligible Semi-Finished Inventory prior to completion of a field examination and other due diligence acceptable to Agent in its discretion.
Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc The Borrower will not be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, or, sell, transfer, convey or lease all or any substantial part of its assets, or sell or assign with or without recourse any Loan, Contracts, Related Security or other Collateral or any interest therein (other than pursuant to and in accordance with the Transaction Documents).
Mergers, Acquisitions, Etc Merge or consolidate with any other entity or acquire all or a material part of the assets of any person or entity, or form or create any new Subsidiary or affiliate, or commence operations under any other name, organization, or entity, including any joint venture.
Permitted Acquisitions (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section 9.14 and the requirements contained in the definition of Permitted Acquisition, the Borrower and any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries may from time to time effect Permitted Acquisitions, so long as (in each case except to the extent the Required Lenders otherwise specifically agree in writing in the case of a specific Permitted Acquisition): (i) no Default, Event of Default or Compliance Period shall be in existence at the time of the consummation of the proposed Permitted Acquisition or immediately after giving effect thereto; (ii) the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) at least 10 Business Days’ prior written notice of the proposed Permitted Acquisition; (iii) all representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Permitted Acquisition (both before and after giving effect thereto), unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; (iv) the Borrower provides to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) as soon as available but not later than 5 Business Days after the execution thereof, a copy of any executed purchase agreement or similar agreement with respect to such Permitted Acquisition; (v) after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition and the payment of all post-closing purchase price adjustments required (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition (and all other Permitted Acquisitions for which such purchase price adjustments may be required to be made) and all capital expenditures (and the financing thereof) reasonably anticipated by the Borrower to be made in the business acquired pursuant to such Permitted Acquisition within the 180-day period (such period for any Permitted Acquisition, a “Post-Closing Period”) following such Permitted Acquisition (and in the businesses acquired pursuant to all other Permitted Acquisitions with Post-Closing Periods ended during the Post-Closing Period of such Permitted Acquisition), there shall exist no Compliance Period; (vi) such proposed Permitted Acquisition shall be effected in accordance with the relevant requirements of Section 9.17; (vii) the Borrower determines in good faith that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are not likely to assume or become liable for material increased contingent liabilities as a result of such proposed Permitted Acquisition (excluding, however, Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.04 in connection therewith); (viii) substantially all of the Acquired Entity or Business acquired pursuant to the respective Permitted Acquisition is in a Qualified Jurisdiction, provided, however, the respective proposed Permitted Acquisition shall not be required to meet the requirements set forth above in this clause (viii) if the Maximum Permitted Consideration payable in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, when aggregated with the Maximum Permitted Consideration payable in connection with all other Permitted Acquisitions consummated after the Initial Borrowing Date in which all or substantially all of the Acquired Entity or Business so acquired were not in Qualified Jurisdictions, does not exceed $300,000,000; and (ix) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date of the consummation of such proposed Permitted Acquisition, an officer’s certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, certifying to the best of his knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (i) through (iii), inclusive, and clauses (v) through (viii), inclusive, and containing the calculations required by the preceding clauses (iii) and (viii).
Limited Condition Acquisitions Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary, when calculating any applicable ratio or any basket based on Consolidated EBITDA or total assets, or determining other compliance with this Agreement (including the determination of compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires that no Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom, but excluding Section 4.02 to the extent set forth therein) in connection with a Specified Transaction undertaken in connection with the consummation of a Limited Condition Acquisition, the date of determination of such ratio or any basket based on Consolidated EBITDA or total assets, and determination of whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom or other applicable covenant shall, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, an “LCA Election”), be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the “LCA Test Date”) and if, after such ratios and other provisions are measured on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other Specified Transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they occurred at the beginning of the applicable Test Period ending prior to the LCA Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such ratios and provisions, such provisions shall be deemed to have been complied with; provided that no such acquisition shall constitute a Limited Condition Acquisition unless the Payment Conditions are satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis on the applicable LCA Test Date. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) if any of such ratios are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition, such ratios and other provisions will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder and (y) such ratios and other provisions shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or related Specified Transactions. If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to any other Specified Transaction on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.
