Holdings In the case of Holdings, conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any material business or operations other than the following (and activities incidental thereto): (i) Holdings’ ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and its other direct and indirect Subsidiaries, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance), (iii) the performance of its obligations, including the giving of guarantees or (where permitted) the granting of Liens on its assets, with respect to the Loan Documents, any Permitted Ratio Debt, any Qualified Holding Company Debt, any Incremental Equivalent Debt, Refinancing Equivalent Debt, any Specified Non-Recourse Obligations or any Permitted Refinancing of the foregoing or other Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred under Section 7.03 and secured under Section 7.01, and any agreement contemplated in connection with a transaction otherwise permitted under this Section 7.13, (iv) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance of its Equity Interests (including Qualified Equity Interests), (v) any transaction between Holdings and the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under this Article VII, including, (A) any transaction permitted under Section 7.05, (B) making payments or dividends, distributions and redemptions of its Equity Interest and (C) making any Investment to the extent (1) payment therefor is made solely with the Equity Interests of Holdings (other than Disqualified Equity Interests), the proceeds of Restricted Payments received from the Borrower and/or proceeds of the issuance of, or contribution in respect of the, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings and (2) any property (including Equity Interests) acquired in connection therewith is contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or, if otherwise permitted by Section 7.06 or constituting an Investment permitted hereunder, a Restricted Subsidiary) or the Person formed or acquired in connection therewith is merged with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, (vi) incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues and paying taxes, (vii) the incurrence of Qualified Holding Company Debt and the incurrence of intercompany debt extended to it pursuant to Section 7.02 in lieu of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 7.06, (viii) making Investments in the Borrower or, through the Borrower, to any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, (ix) guaranteeing the obligations of its Subsidiaries (including the Borrower) in each case solely to the extent such obligations of such Subsidiaries are not prohibited hereunder and the performance of obligations in respect of Indebtedness of the type permitted under Section 7.03 and Liens of the type permitted under Section 7.01, including incurrence of Indebtedness of Holdings representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors of Holdings and unsecured Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by any Loan Party to future, present or former officers, directors, employees, members of management and consultants (or their respective estates, executors, administrators, heirs, family members, legatees, distributees, spouses, former spouses, domestic partners and former domestic partners) of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof, the Borrower or other Subsidiaries of Holdings to finance the retirement, acquisition, repurchase, purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof, (x) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group that included Holdings and the Borrower, (xi) holding and Disposing of any cash, Cash Equivalents or other property received in connection with (A) Restricted Payments received from, and Investments in Holdings made by, its Subsidiaries, (B) contributions to its capital or in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (including the redemption in whole or in part of any of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) in exchange for another class of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) or rights to acquire its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new shares of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests)) and (C) Investments received in respect of any of the foregoing pending application thereof by Holdings, (xii) providing indemnification and contribution to directors, officers, employees, members of management and consultants and the making of any loan to any directors, officers, employees, members of management and consultants contemplated by Section 7.02, (xiii) making Investments in assets that are Cash Equivalents at the time any such Investment is made, (xiv) activities incidental to the consummation of the Transaction, (xv)(1) reincorporating in a new jurisdiction, so long as Holdings remains organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (2) organizational activities incidental to Permitted Acquisitions or similar Investments consummated by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including the formation of acquisition vehicle entities (subject to the requirements of Section 6.12) and intercompany loans and/or investments incidental to such Permitted Acquisitions or similar Investments in each case consummated substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of the applicable Permitted Acquisitions or similar Investments, (xvi) so long as no Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, Holdings may (i) merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Person; provided that Holdings shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the continuing or surviving Person shall be organized under the Laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume the obligations of Holdings under the Loan Documents in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (ii) change its legal form if the Borrower determines that such action is in its best interests and makes such change in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (including with respect to the continued perfection of Liens and satisfaction of customary PATRIOT Act requirements) and (xvii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) to (xvi) of this Section 7.13.
