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Restricted Payments. Directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay or make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Payment except that Borrower may make the following Restricted Payments:
(a) Any Subsidiary of Borrower may declare and pay dividends to Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(b) Holdings, Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in its common stock or other equity securities;
(c) So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or could reasonably be expected to result therefrom Borrower may make distributions to Holdings in an amount not to exceed $250,000 per Fiscal Year and $1,000,000 in the aggregate, which are distributed by Holdings to ZILLC to permit ZILLC to redeem from management equityholders, membership interests, warrants or options to acquire any such membership interests;
(d) In the event Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor files a consolidated income tax return with Holdings, Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor may make distributions to Holdings to permit Holdings to pay federal and state income taxes then due and owing and franchise taxes and other similar licensing expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided that the amount of such distribution shall not be greater, nor the receipt by Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, of tax benefits less, than they would have been had Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor not filed a consolidated return with Holdings;
(e) Borrower may pay the Management Fee; provided that the amount of the Management Fee paid in respect of any Fiscal Year does not exceed the lesser of (i) the amount of Management Fee due and payable pursuant to the Management Agreement for such Fiscal Year and (ii) Management Fee Limitation Amount applicable to that Fiscal Year; provided, however, that if Borrower is not permitted to pay the full amount of the Management Fee (the “Actual Fee”) due pursuant to the Management Agreement in any Fiscal Year as a result of the applicable Management Fee Limitation Amount, the amount of the Actual Fee not paid in respect of such Fiscal Year (the “Accrued Fee”) may be carried forward to subsequent Fiscal Years and paid to the extent that the Actual Fee with respect to such subsequent Fiscal Year is less than the Management Fee Limitation Amount applicable to such subsequent Fiscal Year;
(f) Borrower may make the following additional distributions and payments:
(i) Borrower may make distrib...
Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except:
(a) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to other Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, such Restricted Payment may be made to each other owner of capital stock or other equity interests of such Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata basis based on their relative ownership interests);
(b) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock or other Qualified Equity Interests of such Person;
(c) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares of its common stock or other Qualified Equity Interests or warrants or options to acquire any such shares with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock or other Qualified Equity Interests;
(d) the payment in cash of regular quarterly dividends in respect of common stock in an amount per quarter not to exceed $0.30 per share of common stock outstanding at the time of such declaration; provided that, at the time of such declaration, no Event of Default under Section 7.01(a) or (e) exists before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to such dividend;
(e) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Restricted Payments in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000 less any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.08(x) to make Restricted Payments;
(f) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Restricted Payments in an amount such that, after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.50:1.00;
(g) Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed the Available Amount; provided that (i) at the time of any such Restricted Payment, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.40:1.00;
(h) Restricted Payments made on the Closing Date to consummate the Transactions;
(i) repurchases of Equity Interests in the ordinary course of busin...
Restricted Payments. (a) Ventas, Inc. shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of Ventas, Inc.’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Ventas, Inc. or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of Ventas, Inc.’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable (A) in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Ventas, Inc. or (B) to Ventas, Inc. or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries);
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Partnership) any Equity Interests of (A) the Partnership or any direct or indirect parent of the Partnership or (B) any Restricted Subsidiary, including a Permitted Joint Venture (in either case other than Equity Interests owned by Ventas, Inc. or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries);
(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Debt, except a payment of interest or principal at the stated maturity thereof; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(2) Ventas, Inc. and its Restricted Subsidiaries could incur at least $1.00 of Debt (other than Permitted Debt) under the terms of the Indenture; and
(3) the aggregate sum of all Restricted Payments made after the date hereof, excluding Restricted Payments made pursuant to the following paragraph, shall not exceed the sum of:
(A) 95% Ventas, Inc.’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ aggregate cumulative Funds from Operations accrued on a cumulative basis from April 1, 2002;
(B) the aggregate proceeds or values received after April 17, 2002 from the issuance or sale of Ventas, Inc.’s or the Partnership’s Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock and Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of Ventas, Inc.), net of underwriting discounts, commissions, legal fees and similar offering expenses;
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Restricted Payments. (a) The Borrower will not, and ------------------- will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except (i) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its capital stock not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year, (ii) Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their capital stock, (iii) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (iv) Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments in respect of Employment Arrangements (including but not limited to purchase of Equity Interests in Borrower), (v) Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make a Restricted Payment pursuant to a Put Arrangement, (vi) Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make dividends or distributions of common Equity Interests or options or rights to acquire common Equity Interests, and (vii) Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make other Restricted Payments (other than cash dividends on its common Stock) provided that immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payments under this clause (vii), the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made under this clause (vii) after September 30, 2000 does not exceed the sum of (A) $60,000,000 plus (B) 50% of Borrower's consolidated quarterly net income (if positive) for each calendar quarter ended during the applicable Calculation Period, plus (C) all interest and principal payments, dividends, distributions and other proceeds received by Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Restricted Investment during the applicable Calculation Period, plus (D) all Restricted Investments in any Unrestricted Subsidiary which is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary. As used above, the applicable "Calculation Period" with respect to a Restricted Payment means the period (taken as one accounting period) from and after June 30, 2000 to and including the last day of the fiscal quarter ended immediately preceding the date of such Restricted Payment.
Restricted Payments. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (i) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); (ii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be, except a payment of interest or principal at Stated Maturity; or (iii) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(b) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09 hereof; and
(c) such Restricted Payment, together with (x) the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (b) through (e) and, to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income, (f) and (g) of the next succeeding paragraph), and (y) the aggregate amount of all dividends and other payments or distributions paid subsequent to the Issue Date on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any such payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than (i) dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, (ii) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) if the Restricted Subsidi...
Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any dividend on any class of its Capital Stock, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of, any shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness subordinated to the Obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantee thereof or any options, warrants, or other rights to purchase such Capital Stock or such Indebtedness, whether now or hereafter outstanding (each, a “Restricted Payment”), except for (i) Restricted Payments payable by the Borrower solely in shares of any class of its common stock, (ii) Restricted Payments made by any Subsidiary to (x) the Borrower or to another Subsidiary, on at least a pro rata basis with any other shareholders if such Subsidiary is not wholly owned by the Borrower and other wholly owned Subsidiaries and (y) such other shareholders of such non-wholly owned Subsidiary, (iii) repurchases of shares of Capital Stock and options, warrants, or other rights to purchase shares of Capital Stock permitted by Section 7.4(f), (iv) other Restricted Payments made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (including cash dividends and distributions paid on the Capital Stock of the Borrower); provided, for the purpose of this clause (iv) that at the time such dividend or distribution is paid or Restricted Payment is made and after giving effect thereto (x) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing nor would occur and (y) the Borrower would be in compliance with the financial covenants contained in Article 6 (other than Section 6.3) on a pro forma basis, (v) Restricted Payments made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to employee and/or director stock plans or employee and/or director compensation plans, including cash incentive bonuses and acquisitions (or withholding) of its Capital Stock pursuant to any such plan in satisfaction of withholding or similar taxes payable by any present or former officer, employee, director or member of management and (vi) in the case of any Indebtedness subordinated to the Obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantee thereof, payments permitted by any subordination agreement or other subordination terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Section 7.5 shall ...
Restricted Payments. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than (A) dividends or distributions accrued or payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Interests) of the Company or (B) dividends or distributions to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);
(iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee (other than Indebtedness permitted under clause (vi) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”) except (a) a payment of interest or principal at Stated Maturity or (b) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of any such Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case, due within one year of the date of such purchase, repurchase or other acquisition; or
(iv) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(A) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(B) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a); and
(C) such Restricted Payment, t...
Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(a) (i) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to other Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) each non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and any other Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests;
(b) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests not otherwise permitted by Section 7.03) of such Person;
(c) Restricted Payments in connection with the Transaction (including any amounts to be paid under, or contemplated by, the Transaction Agreement) and the fees and expenses related thereto owed to Affiliates, including any payment to holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower (immediately prior to giving effect to the Transactions) in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto;
(d) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Section 7.04 or 7.08 other than Section 7.08(f);
(e) repurchases of Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
(f) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to Holdings, and Holdings may make a corresponding Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent thereof:
(i) the proceeds of which will be used to pay the tax liability to each relevant jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for the relevant jurisdiction of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) attributable to Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries determined as if the Borrower and its Subsidiaries filed separately;
(ii) the proceeds of which shall be used by Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) to pay operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (inclu...
Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(a) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any Borrower and to other Restricted Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, to (i) a Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests);
(b) Parent, the Borrowers and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of such Person;
(c) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into transactions expressly permitted by Section 7.04, Section 7.05 or Section 7.08;
(d) the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to Parent:
(i) the proceeds of which shall be used by Parent to pay its operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including, without limitation, administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year plus any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors or officers of Parent attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(ii) the proceeds of which shall be used by Parent to pay franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain Parent’s corporate existence;
(iii) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the proceeds of which will be used by Parent to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of Parent (or, after a Qualifying IPO of UHS, UHS) held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, member of management or consultant of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or the estate, family members, spouse or former spouse of any of the foregoing); provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made under this clause (e)(iv) does not exceed in any calendar year $2,500,000 (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years); and...
Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make any Restricted Payments with respect to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except:
(i) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or to any direct or indirect wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, and any non-wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary ratably based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests;
(ii) the Borrower may declare and make dividends payable solely in additional shares of Borrower’s Qualified Equity Interests and may exchange Equity Interests for its Qualified Equity Interests;
(iii) the Borrower may (x) repurchase fractional shares of its Equity Interests arising out of stock dividends, splits or combinations, business combinations or conversions of convertible securities or exercises of warrants or options, (y) “net exercise” or “net share settle” warrants or options or (z) so long as no Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, make cash settlement payments upon the exercise of warrants or options to purchase its Equity Interests;
(iv) the Borrower may redeem or otherwise cancel Equity Interests or rights in respect thereof granted to (or make payments on behalf of) directors, officers, employees or other providers of services to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an amount required to satisfy tax withholding obligations relating to the vesting, settlement or exercise of such Equity Interests or rights;
(v) following a Qualifying IPO, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make any Restricted Payment that has been declared by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, so long as (A) such Restricted Payment was permitted under clause (viii) of this Section 6.04 at the time so declared and (B) such Restricted Payment is made within 60 days of such declaration;
(vi) following a Qualifying IPO, the Borrower may repurchase Equity Interests pursuant to any accelerated stock repurchase or similar agreement; provided that the payment made by the Borrower with respect to such repurchase was permitted under clause (viii) or (ix) of this Section 6.04 at the time such agreement was entered into as if it was a Restricted Payment made by the Borrower a...