Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries Establish, create or acquire any additional Subsidiaries without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders; provided that, without such consent, Borrower may (i) establish or create one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Borrower, (ii) establish, create or acquire one or more Subsidiaries in connection with an Investment made pursuant to Section 6.04(f) or (iii) acquire one or more Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, so long as, in each case, Section 5.11(b) shall be complied with.
Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries Directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock or any other interest or participation in its profits owned by Borrower or any Subsidiary, or pay any Indebtedness owed to Borrower or a Subsidiary, (b) make loans or advances to Borrower or any Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its properties to Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) applicable Requirements of Law; (ii) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (iii) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of a Subsidiary; (iv) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into by a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; (v) any holder of a Lien permitted by Section 6.02 restricting the transfer of the property subject thereto; (vi) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 6.06 pending the consummation of such sale; (vii) any agreement in effect at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary of Borrower; (viii) without affecting the Loan Parties’ obligations under Section 5.11, customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance documents, asset sale and stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that restrict the transfer of ownership interests in such partnership, limited liability company or similar person; (ix) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by suppliers or landlords under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; (x) any instrument governing Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any person, or the properties or assets of any person, other than the person or the properties or assets of the person so acquired; (xi) in the case of any joint venture which is not a Loan Party in respect of any matters referred to in clauses (b) and (c) above, restrictions in such person’s Organizational Documents or pursuant to any joint venture agreement or stockholders agreements solely to the extent of the Equity Interests of or property held in the subject joint venture or other entity; or (xii) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clause (vii) above; 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.
Restrictions on Subsidiaries Except for restrictions contained in this Agreement or any other agreement with respect to Indebtedness of any Borrower or Guarantor permitted hereunder as in effect on the date hereof, there are no contractual or consensual restrictions on any Borrower or Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries which prohibit or otherwise restrict (a) the transfer of cash or other assets (i) between any Borrower or Guarantor and any of its or their Subsidiaries or (ii) between any Subsidiaries of any Borrower or Guarantor or (b) the ability of any Borrower or Guarantor or any of its or their Subsidiaries to incur Indebtedness or grant security interests to Agent or any Lender in the Collateral.
Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
No Restrictions on Subsidiaries No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
Creation of Subsidiaries Borrower shall provide Agent not less than 15 days prior written notice of the formation of a Subsidiary after the date hereof, whether domestic or foreign. Except as set forth herein, Borrower shall take all steps necessary at the request of Lenders to cause each domestic Subsidiary to be a co-borrower hereunder or a guarantor hereof and shall cause such Subsidiary to grant a first priority security interest in all of its assets to Agent on behalf of Lenders and/or cause a pledge of such Subsidiary’s stock in favor of Agent on behalf of Lenders. Borrower shall take all steps necessary at the request of Lenders to pledge in favor of Agent on behalf of Lenders the capital stock of each foreign Subsidiary provided such pledge may be limited to sixty-five percent (65%) of such Subsidiary’s capital stock, Notwithstanding the foregoing, Columbus shall not be required to become a Borrower or guarantor hereof, and unless and until the membership interests of Columbus are evidenced in certificated form. Agent will not require a physical pledge of the membership interests of Columbus (provided nothing herein shall be deemed to release Agent’s security interest in such membership interests). In addition, Agent agrees that from time to time in the future Borrower may form Exempt Subsidiaries. Provided that Agent is given prior notice as required by the first sentence of this Section 6.11, and provided such obligations are in form and substance acceptable to Agent. Borrower shall not, upon Agent’s approval, be required to cause such Exempt Subsidiary to become a Borrower or guarantor hereof, provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to release Agent’s security interest in an Exempt Subsidiary’s capita] stock or membership interests and Agent shall not be deemed to have waived the right to request a physical pledge of such Exempt subsidiary’s capital stock in favor of Agent.
Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries The Borrower will not permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than Financing Subsidiaries) to enter into or suffer to exist any indenture, agreement, instrument or other arrangement (other than the Loan Documents) that prohibits or restrains, in each case in any material respect, or imposes materially adverse conditions upon, the incurrence or payment of Indebtedness, the declaration or payment of dividends, the making of loans, advances, guarantees or Investments or the sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of property to the Borrower by any Subsidiary; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) indentures, agreements, instruments or other arrangements pertaining to other Indebtedness permitted hereby (provided that such restrictions would not adversely affect the exercise of rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the Security Documents or restrict any Subsidiary in any manner from performing its obligations under the Loan Documents) and (ii) indentures, agreements, instruments or other arrangements pertaining to any lease, sale or other disposition of any asset permitted by this Agreement or any Lien permitted by this Agreement on such asset so long as the applicable restrictions only apply to the assets subject to such lease, sale, other disposition or Lien.
Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay or subordinate any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (b) make Investments in the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, (ii) any restrictions existing under the New Senior Note Indenture, the New Senior Note Indenture and any agreements governing Indebtedness permitted by Sections 6.2(f), to the extent such restrictions are no more restrictive than those in the Senior Note Indenture or the New Senior Note Indenture, (iii) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary, (iv) customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into in by any Loan Party so long as such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the Loan Parties to meet their ongoing obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and (v) with respect to clause (c) only, (i) customary non-assignment provisions in licenses or sublicenses by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (in which case such prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the Intellectual Property subject thereto), (ii) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and similar agreements that restrict transfers of assets of, or equity interests in, such joint venture, (iii) agreements governing Indebtedness permitted by Sections 6.2(g), (h) and (m) (provided that, in the case of such agreements governing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.2(h), such prohibition or limitation shall be effective only against the property acquired thereby), (iv) agreements entered into by a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor governing Liens permitted by Section 6.3(m) or the Indebtedness secured thereby (in which case such prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets of such Subsidiary subject to such Lien) and (v) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby).
Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (a) The Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under this Indenture (a “Designation”) only if:
Designation of Subsidiaries The Board of Directors of Holdings or the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary by notice to the Agent; provided that, in each case, (i) other than with respect to any designation of Flotek or BPC as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and only so long as Flotek or BPC are not Wholly Owned by Holdings, no Default or Event of Default is then continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) other than with respect to any designation of Flotek or BPC as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and only so long as Flotek or BPC are not Wholly Owned by Holders, after giving effect to such designation the Aggregate Revolver Outstandings would not exceed the lesser of the Maximum Revolver Amount and the then-current Borrowing Base, (iii) no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it was previously designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and then re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, (iv) no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if after such designation it would be a “restricted subsidiary” for the purpose of the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any other Material Indebtedness, (v) other than with respect to any designation of Flotek or BPC as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and only so long as Flotek or BPC are not Wholly Owned by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such designation, as if such designation and any related transactions had occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of not less than 1.00:1.00, and (vi) if such designation would result in Current Asset Collateral owned by a Borrower or Guarantor immediately prior to such designation being owned by an Unrestricted Subsidiary immediately after such designation with a value individually or in the aggregate of greater than 5.0% of the Borrowing Base based on the most recently delivered Borrowing Base Certificate prior to such event, then Borrower shall be required, prior to such designation, deliver to Agent an updated Borrowing Base Certificate that reflects the removal of the applicable assets from the Borrowing Base. The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Borrower’s investment therein and the Investment resulting from such designation must otherwise be in compliance with Section 8.11 (as determined at the time of such designation) (for the avoidance of doubt, the designation of Flotek and/or BPC as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not constitute an additional Investment thereof by any of the Obligors unless such designation occurs after Flotek and/or BPC (as applicable) become Wholly Owned Subsidiaries). The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Debt or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and the Debt or Liens of such Subsidiary must otherwise be in compliance with Section 8.12 and 8.16 (as determined at the time of such designation). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (x) no Unrestricted Subsidiary may at any time hold (directly or indirectly) Stock in, or Debt owed by or Liens (securing Debt for Borrowed Money) in, any Restricted Subsidiary and (y) in no event shall any Restricted Subsidiary that owns (or has an exclusive license to) any Intellectual Property that is material to the operations or the business of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries be permitted to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, nor shall any Unrestricted Subsidiary be permitted to own (or have an exclusive license to), develop, or receive from Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any Intellectual Property that is material to the operations or the business of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
