Negative Pledge Sample Clauses

Negative Pledge. In this Clause 20.3, “

Negative Pledge. No Obligor shall (and the Company shall procure that no member of the Bank Group shall), without the prior written consent of an Instructing Group, create or permit to subsist any Encumbrance over all or any of its present or future revenues or assets other than an Encumbrance: (a) which is an Existing Encumbrance set out in: (i) Part 1A of Schedule 10 (Existing Encumbrances) provided that such Encumbrance is released within 10 Business Days of the Merger Closing Date; or (ii) Part 1B of Schedule 10 (Existing Encumbrances) provided that the principal amount secured thereby may not be increased unless any Encumbrance in respect of such increased amount would be permitted under another paragraph of this Clause 25.2; (b) which arises by operation of Law or by a contract having a similar effect or under an escrow arrangement required by a trading counterparty of any member of the Bank Group and in each case arising or entered into the ordinary course of business of the relevant member of the Bank Group; (c) which is created pursuant to any of the Finance Documents (including, for the purposes of securing any Alternative Baseball Financing) and any Bridge Finance Documents; (d) arising from any Finance Leases, sale and leaseback arrangements or Vendor Financing Arrangements permitted to be incurred pursuant to Clause 25.4 (Financial Indebtedness); (e) which arises in respect of any right of set-off, netting arrangement, title transfer or title retention arrangements which: (i) arises in the ordinary course of trading and/or by operation of Law; (ii) is entered into by any member of the Bank Group in the normal course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances on bank accounts of members of the Bank Group operated on a net balance basis; (iii) arises in respect of netting or set off arrangements contained in any Hedging Agreement or other contract permitted under Clause 25.12 (Limitations on Hedging); (iv) is entered into by any member of the Bank Group on terms which are generally no worse than the counterparty’s standard or usual terms and entered into in the ordinary course of business of the relevant member of the Bank Group; or (v) which is a retention of title arrangement with respect to customer premises equipment in favour of a supplier (or its Affiliate); provided that the title is only retained to individual items of customer premises equipment in respect of which the purchase price has not been paid in full; (f) w...

Negative Pledge. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor will directly or indirectly enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement) with any Person that prohibits or restricts or limits the ability of the Borrower or Guarantors to create, incur, pledge or suffer to exist any Lien in favor of Lenders granted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement upon any real property assets of the Borrower or any Guarantor; provided, however, that those agreements creating Liens permitted under clause (vi) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” (solely to the extent any Lien restrictions thereunder relate solely to limiting the aggregate amount of secured debt on a per lot basis in a market and customary manner, provided that if the Book Value of all Qualified Real Property Inventory covered by any such agreement exceeds the aggregate amount of secured debt permitted under such agreement on all such property, then for purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base, the Book Value shall be deemed to be reduced to such aggregate permitted secured debt amount) Sections 6.15(iii), (iv), (vii), (viii), (xix) and (xxii), agreements governing any Rate Management Transactions, and agreements respecting secured obligations for borrowed money may prohibit, restrict or limit other Liens on those assets encumbered by the Liens created by such agreements, and provided further that the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions (a) imposed by the Loan Documents, (b) imposed by the Indenture, or by the agreements governing any other unsecured obligations for borrowed money permitted under this Agreement, so long as such restrictions (including Lien restrictions) set forth therein are not materially more restrictive than the comparable provisions of this Agreement and the maturity date of such unsecured obligations is on or after the latest Facility Termination Date, (c) contained in agreements relating to any disposition permitted hereby pending such disposition, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets subject to such disposition, (d) contained in leases or other agreements that are customary and restrict the assignment (or subletting) thereof and relate only to the assets subject thereto, (e) set forth in any Refinancing Indebtedness (so long as such restrictions set forth therein are not materially more restrictive than the comparable provisions of the Indebtedness being refinanced), or (f) that are customary net worth provisions contained in real property le...

Negative Pledge. (a) No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets. (b) No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will): (i) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by an Obligor or any other member of the Group; (ii) enter into or allow to subsist any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or (iii) enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect, in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method of raising Financial Indebtedness or of financing the acquisition of an asset. (c) No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms. (d) Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to: (i) any Security comprising a netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances; (ii) any Security over goods and documents of title arising in the ordinary course of trading or retention of title arrangements and rights of set-off arising in the ordinary course of trading with suppliers of goods to any member of the Group; (iii) any Security existing and disclosed in writing to the Facility Agent prior to the date of this Agreement provided that the amount thereby secured, as so disclosed, is not thereafter increased or its maturity extended; (iv) any Security over or affecting any asset acquired by a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, provided that: (A) the Security was not created in contemplation of that acquisition; (B) the amount thereby secured has not been increased in contemplation of, or since the date of, that acquisition; and (C) unless the Security is in favour of a government or utility supplier and was required to be given as a condition of the person who created the Security being permitted to carry on business or being provided with utility supplies, it is removed or discharged within six Months of the date of acquisition; (v) any Security over or affecting any asset of any company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreem...

Negative Pledge. So long as any Note remains outstanding, the Guarantor will not create or permit any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of the Guarantor’s assets to secure (i) any of the Guarantor’s Indebtedness or (ii) the Indebtedness of any other person, unless the Guarantor contemporaneously creates or permits such Lien to secure equally and ratably the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty or the Guarantor provides such other security for the Notes as is duly approved by the Trustee, at the direction of the Noteholders, in accordance with the Indenture. In addition, the Guarantor will not allow any of the Guarantor’s Material Subsidiaries to create or permit any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of the Guarantor’s assets to secure (i) any of the Guarantor’s Indebtedness, (ii) any of the Indebtedness of the Guarantor’s Material Subsidiaries or (iii) the Indebtedness of any other person, unless it contemporaneously creates or permits the Lien to secure equally and ratably the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty or the Guarantor or such Material Subsidiary provides such other security for the Notes as is duly approved by the Trustee, at the direction of the Noteholders, in accordance with the Indenture.

Negative Pledge. You undertake neither to create nor to have outstanding any security interest whatsoever over, nor to agree to assign or transfer, any of the cash margin transferred to us, except a lien routinely imposed on all securities in a clearing system in which such securities may be held.

Negative Pledge. (a) The Company agrees that, subsequent to the Release Date (as defined in the Indenture) and so long as any Bonds remain outstanding, the Company will not issue, assume or guarantee any Debt secured by any mortgage, security interest, pledge or lien (herein referred to as a “mortgage”) of or upon any Operating Property of the Company, whether owned at the date of the Indenture or thereafter acquired, and will not permit to exist any Debt secured by a mortgage on any Operating Property created on or prior to the Release Date, without in any such case effectively securing, on the later to occur of the issuance, assumption or guaranty of any such Debt or the Release Date, the Bonds equally and ratably with such Debt; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to Debt secured by any of the following: (1) mortgages on any property existing at the time of acquisition thereof; (2) mortgages on property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged into or consolidated with the Company, or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of such corporation or a division thereof as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company, provided that such mortgage as a result of such merger, consolidation, sale, lease or other disposition is not extended to property owned by the Company immediately prior thereto; (3) mortgages on property to secure all or part of the cost of acquiring, substantially repairing or altering, constructing, developing or substantially improving such property, or to secure indebtedness incurred to provide funds for any such purpose or for reimbursement of funds previously expended for any such purpose, provided such mortgages are created or assumed contemporaneously with, or within 18 months after, such acquisition or completion of substantial repair or alteration, construction, development or substantial improvement or within six months thereafter pursuant to a commitment for financing arranged with a lender or investor within such 18 month period; (4) mortgages in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state thereof, or for the benefit of holders of securities issued by any such entity, to secure any Debt incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of substantially repairing or altering, constructin...

Negative Pledge. Neither the Company nor the Borrower will, and the Company will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except: (a) Liens existing on the date of this Agreement securing Debt outstanding on the date of this Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $265,000,000; (b) any Lien existing on any asset of any corporation at the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary and not created in contemplation of such event; (c) any Lien on any asset securing Debt incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such asset, provided that such Lien attaches to such asset concurrently with or within 180 days after the acquisition thereof. (d) any Lien on any asset of any corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged or consolidated with or into the Company or a Subsidiary and not created in contemplation of such event; (e) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or a Subsidiary and not created in contemplation of such acquisition; (f) any Lien on assets or capital stock of Minor Subsidiaries which secures Debt of Persons which are not Consolidated Subsidiaries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has made investments ("Joint Ventures"), but for the payment of which Debt no other recourse may be had to the Company or any Subsidiaries ("Limited Recourse Debt"), or any Lien on equity interests in a Joint Venture securing Limited Recourse Debt of such Joint Venture; (g) any Lien arising out of the refinancing, replacement, extension, renewal or refunding of any Debt secured by any Lien permitted by any of the foregoing clauses of this Section, provided that such Debt is not increased and is not secured by any additional assets; (h) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which (i) do not secure Debt, (ii) do not secure any obligation in an amount exceeding $50,000,000 and (iii) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business; and (i) Liens not otherwise permitted by and in addition to the foregoing clauses of this Section securing Debt in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $750,000,000.

Negative Pledge. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or Subsidiary to, (a) create, assume, incur, permit or suffer to exist any Lien on any Borrowing Base Property or any direct or indirect ownership interest of the Borrower in any Person owning any Borrowing Base Property, now owned or hereafter acquired, except for Permitted Liens, or (b) permit any Borrowing Base Property or any direct or indirect ownership interest of the Borrower or in any Person owning a Borrowing Base Property, to be subject to a Negative Pledge, except (i) pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) customary restrictions contained in the organizational documents of any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor as of the Effective Date, (iii) customary restrictions in connection with any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien), (iv) customary restrictions in leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses or asset sale agreement otherwise permitted by this Agreement so long as such restrictions relate only to the assets subject thereto, (v) any restrictions pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture so long as any such Negative Pledge or similar contractual covenant does not prohibit the granting of Liens securing the Guaranteed Obligations and (vi) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, permit or suffer to exist any Lien on any Property to secure any Senior Notes Indebtedness or other obligations under any Senior Notes Indenture entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.