Permitted Charges 15.2.1 SPD shall not create or permit to subsist any encumbrance over all or any of its rights and benefits under this Agreement, other than as set forth in Article 15.1 and the Guidelines.
Permitted Debt Create, incur, guarantee or suffer to exist any Debt, except the following (collectively, "Permitted Debt"): (a) the Obligations; (b) Subordinated Debt, together with unsecured Debt permitted under Section 10.2.1(i), up to $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time; (c) Permitted Purchase Money Debt; (d) existing Borrowed Money not satisfied with the initial Loan proceeds and set forth on Schedule 10.2.1; (e) [Reserved]; (f) Debt that is in existence when a Person becomes a Subsidiary or that is secured by an asset when acquired by an Obligor or Subsidiary, as long as such Debt was not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition, and does not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any time; (g) Permitted Contingent Obligations; (h) Refinancing Debt as long as each Refinancing Condition is satisfied; (i) unsecured Debt, together with Subordinated Debt permitted under Section 10.2.1(b), up to $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time; (j) intercompany Debt permitted under Section 10.2.5(a); (k) Debt of any Excluded Subsidiary, in an aggregate outstanding amount, for all Excluded Subsidiaries, not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time; (l) Revolving Loan Obligations (including those arising from Bank Products) long as such Revolving Loan Obligations do not exceed the Maximum ABL Principal Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement); (m) Debt under performance bonds, surety bonds, release, appeal and similar bonds, statutory obligations or with respect to workers' compensation claims, in each case incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, and unsecured reimbursement obligations in respect of any of the foregoing; (n) to the extent constituting Debt, unsecured obligations in respect of purchase price adjustments, earn-outs, non-competition agreements, and other similar arrangements, or other deferred payments of a similar nature, representing consideration for a Permitted Acquisition and incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate, so long as such unsecured Debt is on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (o) customer advances or deposits received for goods and services purchased in the Ordinary Course of Business; (p) Indebtedness representing installment insurance premiums (for insurance not to exceed 1 year) owing in the Ordinary Course of Business; and (q) Other Debt up to $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time.
Permitted Contests Lessee shall have the right to contest the amount or validity of any Imposition to be paid by Lessee or any Legal Requirement or Insurance Requirement or any lien, attachment, levy, encumbrance, charge or claim (“Claims”) not otherwise permitted by Section 12.1, by appropriate legal proceedings in good faith and with due diligence (but this shall not be deemed or construed in any way to relieve, modify or extend Lessee’s covenants to pay or its covenants to cause to be paid any such charges at the time and in the manner as in this Section provided), on condition, however, that such legal proceedings shall not operate to relieve Lessee from its obligations hereunder and shall not cause the sale or risk the loss of any portion of the Leased Property, or any part thereof, or cause Lessor or Lessee to be in default under any mortgage, deed of trust, security deed or other agreement encumbering the Leased Property or any interest therein. Upon the request of Lessor, Lessee shall either (a) provide a bond or other assurance reasonably satisfactory to Lessor that all Claims which may be assessed against the Leased Property together with interest and penalties, if any, thereon will be paid, or (b) deposit within the time otherwise required for payment with a bank or trust company as trustee upon terms reasonably satisfactory to Lessor, as security for the payment of such Claims, money in an amount sufficient to pay the same, together with interest and penalties in connection therewith, as to all Claims which may be assessed against or become a Claim on the Leased Property, or any part thereof, in said legal proceedings. Lessee shall furnish Lessor and any lender of Lessor with reasonable evidence of such deposit within five (5) days of the same. Lessor agrees to join in any such proceedings if the same be required legally to prosecute such contest of the validity of such Claims; provided, however, that Lessor shall not thereby be subjected to any liability or loss for the payment of any costs or expenses in connection with any proceedings brought by Lessee; and Lessee covenants to indemnify and save harmless Lessor from any such liabilities, losses, costs or expenses. Lessee shall be entitled to any refund of any Claims and such charges and penalties or interest thereon which have been paid by Lessee or paid by Lessor and for which Lessor has been fully reimbursed. In the event that Lessee fails to pay any Claims when due or to provide the security therefor as provided in this Section and diligently to prosecute any contest of the same, Lessor may, upon ten (10) days’ advance Notice to Lessee, and Lessee’s failure to correct the same within such ten (10) day period, pay such charges together with any interest and penalties and the same shall be repayable by Lessee to Lessor as Additional Charges at the next Payment Date provided for in this Lease; provided, however, that should Lessor reasonably determine that the giving of such Notice would risk loss to the Leased Property or cause damage to Lessor, then Lessor shall give such Notice as is practical under the circumstances. Lessor reserves the right to contest any of the Claims at its expense not pursued by Lessee. Lessor and Lessee agree to cooperate in coordinating the contest of any Claims.
Permitted Contingent Obligations Contingent Obligations (a) arising from endorsements of Payment Items for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) arising from Hedging Agreements permitted hereunder; (c) existing on the Closing Date, and any extension or renewal thereof that does not increase the amount of such Contingent Obligation when extended or renewed; (d) incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety, appeal or performance bonds, or other similar obligations; (e) arising from customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers in connection with dispositions of Equipment permitted hereunder; (f) arising under the Loan Documents; (g) guaranties of Permitted Debt; or (h) in an aggregate amount of $250,000 or less at any time.
Permitted Payments Until such time as all of the Senior Indebtedness has been Paid in Full, Borrower may pay to the Subordinated Creditors, and the Subordinated Creditors may accept from the Borrower (collectively, the “Permitted Payments”) only: (i) Any payments of interest with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness that are paid “in kind,” whether capitalized and added to then outstanding principal amount of the Subordinated Indebtedness or accrued or accreted as unpaid interest so long as such payments “in kind” do not become obligations for payment of cash, securities or any other form of payment (other than in each case in the form of Subordinated Securities) until the earlier of (x) after all of the Senior Indebtedness has been Paid in Full or (y) the scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness (it being acknowledged and agreed by the Subordinated Creditors that such scheduled maturity date will be automatically extended (without any action by the Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor) by a number of days that the maturity date of the Senior Indebtedness is extended provided that such scheduled maturity date may not be extended by more than 180 days without the consent of each Subordinated Creditor); (ii) Payment of all or any portion of principal or interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness, so long as on the date of any proposed payment, (x) Quarterly Adjusted Continuing Business EBITDA for the two immediately preceding calendar quarters was greater than $5,000,000 for each such quarter, (y) Borrower is in compliance with all covenants and requirements set forth in the Senior Loan Agreement without giving effect to the amendments to the Senior Loan Agreement set forth in Section 4 of the First Amendment, and (z) no default or event of default exists under the Senior Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no default would occur under the Senior Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document as a result of such payment; (iii) Payments of principal and accreted or accrued interest upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in the Subordinated Documents as in effect on the date hereof) and the declaration of an “Event of Default” under the Subordinated Documents in accordance with the terms thereof, but only to the extent that the Senior Creditor has consented in writing to such Change in Control or has waived (or agreed to forbear from exercising remedies in connection with) in writing any Event of Default under the Loan Documents that may have occurred as a result of such Change in Control; and (iv) Reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including without limitation, attorney fees) due and owing to any Subordinated Creditor; provided, in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv) only if such payments are payments made in accordance with the terms of the Subordinated Documents as in effect on the date hereof or as modified in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.