Indebtedness and Preferred Equity The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
Liquidation Preference (a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Partnership (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of Common Units or any other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Units as to the distribution of assets upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, the holders of the Series B Preferred Units shall, with respect to each such Unit, be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Partnership available for distribution to Partners after payment or provision for payment of all debts and other liabilities of the Partnership, an amount equal to the greater of (i) $50.00, plus an amount equal to all distributions (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution and (ii) the amount that a holder of such Series B Preferred Unit would have received upon final distribution in respect of the number of Common Units into which such Series B Preferred Unit was convertible immediately prior to such date of final distribution (but no amount shall be paid in respect of the foregoing clause (ii) after the Fifteenth Anniversary Date) if, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, the assets of the Partnership, or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the Series B Preferred Units are insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid on the Series B Preferred Units and liquidating payments on any other Units or partnership interests in the Partnership of any class or series ranking, as to payment of distributions and amounts upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, on a parity with the Series B Preferred Units, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of Series B Preferred Units and any such other Units or partnership interests in the Partnership ratably in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such Series B Preferred Units and such other Units or partnership interests in the Partnership if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section 6, none of (i) a consolidation or merger of the Partnership with or into another entity, (ii) a merger of another entity with or into the Partnership or (iii) a sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets, properties or business shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership.
Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries The Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock (other than to the Company or to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) or permit any Person (other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) to own any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
Payment of Outstanding Indebtedness, etc The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that immediately after the making of the Loans on the Closing Date, all Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement and any other Indebtedness not permitted by Section 7.04, together with all interest, all payment premiums and all other amounts due and payable with respect thereto, shall be paid in full from the proceeds of the initial Credit Event, and the commitments in respect of such Indebtedness shall be permanently terminated, and all Liens securing payment of any such Indebtedness shall be released and the Administrative Agent shall have received all payoff and release letters, Uniform Commercial Code Form UCC-3 termination statements or other instruments or agreements as may be suitable or appropriate in connection with the release of any such Liens.
Equity Contribution Prior to or substantially concurrently with the initial funding of the Loans hereunder, the Equity Contribution shall be consummated.
Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests Except as provided in this Section 4.2 or in Section 4.3, the Partners shall have no right or obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The General Partner may contribute additional capital to the Partnership, from time to time, and receive additional Partnership Interests in respect thereof, in the manner contemplated in this Section 4.2.
Equity Contributions Make, or permit any Significant Subsidiary to make, any equity contributions to any Unregulated Subsidiary; provided, however, that this Section 5.03(h) shall not restrict or otherwise apply to (i) any such equity contributions that are required by Applicable Law or court order or (ii) any intercompany advances made to any Unregulated Subsidiary (including, without limitation, pursuant to the Unregulated Money Pool Agreement) that are recharacterized by a court or other Governmental Authority as equity contributions.
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock (a) (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Company shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and any Restricted Subsidiary may issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Interest Coverage Ratio of the Company for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided, further, that Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors may not Incur Indebtedness or issue shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 4.03(a) if, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence or issuance (including the pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock then outstanding of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors pursuant to this Section 4.03(a) exceeds the greater of $1,250 million and 5.0% of Total Assets (the “Non-Guarantor Exception”).
Maximum Capital Expenditures Make or commit to make, or allow any of its Subsidiaries to make or commit to make, Capital Expenditures exceeding, in the aggregate for each Fiscal Year until the Termination Date, the greater of (A) EBITDA for such Fiscal Year, less the sum of (I) cash interest expense for such Fiscal Year, plus (II) amounts paid under Section 2.03 and all principal payments under the GECC Capital Lease and the NTFC Capital Lease (a) during Fiscal Year 2002 (for purposes of calculating the maximum Capital Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2003) or (b) during Fiscal Year 2004 or the applicable Fiscal Year thereafter (for purposes of calculating the maximum Capital Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2004 or the applicable succeeding Fiscal Year, as the case may be), or (B) $10,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2003 and $15,000,000 for each Fiscal Year thereafter. For purposes of calculating maximum Capital Expenditures, the amount calculated in item (II) above shall be deemed not to have exceeded $20,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2004 and shall be deemed not to have exceeded $30,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2005. Compliance with this Section 5.02(q)(i) shall be measured at the end of each Fiscal Year, commencing with Fiscal Year 2003. To the extent the Borrower’s actual Capital Expenditures for any Fiscal Year are less than the maximum Capital Expenditures for such Fiscal Year computed as aforesaid, the Borrower may increase Capital Expenditures for the subsequent Fiscal Year by an amount equal to the amount by which such maximum Capital Expenditures exceed such actual Capital Expenditures, but not by an amount which exceeds $5,000,000. For the purposes of this Section 5.02(q)(i) only, Capital Expenditures shall not include the Contingent Payments and any payment made in respect of that certain litigation arising from or in relating in any way to the use of rights of way granted to the Borrower by Mississippi Power Company; provided, that, to the extent that payment made in respect of such litigation is equal to or greater than $5,000,000, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent prior to the payment thereof, a statement that the Borrower will have not less than $11,500,000 in cash and Cash Equivalents (excluding any insurance proceeds deposited with the Collateral Agent as described in clause (C) of the proviso in the definition of “Extraordinary Receipts”) after making such payment, certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Parent.
Additional Funds and Capital Contributions .. 22 Section 4.4 Stock Option Plan................................... 23 Section 4.5 No Interest; No Return.............................. 24 Section 4.6 Conversion or Redemption of Preferred Shares........ 24
