Material Acquisition means any (a) acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit, division or line of business or (b) acquisition of or other investment in the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary or any person which becomes a Subsidiary or is merged or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, which involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies).
Permitted Acquisition means any acquisition by Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person; provided that:
Material Permitted Acquisition means any Permitted Acquisition the consideration for which exceeds, on the closing date of the Permitted Acquisition, 10% of the Holdings Total Capitalization on such date.
Permitted Business Acquisition means any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or division or line of business of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition), if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws; (iii) with respect to any such acquisition or investment with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $50.0 million, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in Pro Forma Compliance after giving effect to such acquisition or investment and any related transactions; (iv) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; (v) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with Section 5.09 to the extent required thereby with respect to any person acquired in such acquisition, and (vi) the aggregate amount of such acquisitions and investments in assets that are not owned by the Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Parties or in Equity Interests in persons that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties or persons that do not become Subsidiary Loan Parties upon consummation of such acquisition shall not exceed the sum of (x) the greater of (I) 4.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such acquisition or investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 and (II) $500.0 million and (y) the portion of Cumulative Credit on the date of such election by the Borrower.
Permitted Acquired Debt shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(d).
Permitted Acquisition Indebtedness means Indebtedness (including Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such Indebtedness was Indebtedness:
Target Business Acquisition Period means the period commencing from the effectiveness of the registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Company's IPO up to and including the first to occur of (i) a Business Combination; or (ii) the Termination Date.
Significant Acquisition means the acquisition (in one or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets or Equity Interests of a Person or any division, line of business or business unit of a Person for an aggregate consideration in excess of $450,000,000.
Exempt Acquisition means an acquisition of Voting Shares or Convertible Securities:
Business Acquisition means the acquisition of a company or any shares or securities or a business or undertaking (or, in each case, any interest in any of them) or the incorporation of a company.
Proposed Acquisition means the proposed acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets or Stock of any Proposed Acquisition Target, or the merger of any Proposed Acquisition Target with or into the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (and, in the case of a merger with the Borrower, with the Borrower being the surviving corporation).
Acquisition Target means any Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof; any Person that is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof; or any Person with respect to which all or a substantial part of that Person’s assets are acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof.
Permitted Convertible Debt means Indebtedness of the Borrower that is convertible into a fixed number (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, “make-whole” increases and other customary changes thereto) of shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the Common Stock), cash or any combination thereof (with the amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such Common Stock or such other securities); provided that such Indebtedness shall (a) not require any scheduled amortization or otherwise require payment of principal prior to, or have a scheduled maturity date earlier than, one hundred eighty (180) days after the Term Loan Maturity Date, (b) be unsecured, (c) not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary of Borrower, and (d) be on terms and conditions customary for Indebtedness of such type, as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower or a committee thereof; provided further, that any cross-default or cross-acceleration event of default (each howsoever defined) provision contained therein that relates to indebtedness or other payment obligations of Borrower (or any of its Subsidiaries) (such indebtedness or other payment obligations, a “Cross-Default Reference Obligation”) contains a cure period of at least thirty (30) calendar days (after written notice to the issuer of such Indebtedness by the trustee or to such issuer and such trustee by holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding) before a default, event of default, acceleration or other event or condition under such Cross-Default Reference Obligation results in an event of default under such cross-default or cross-acceleration provision.
Permitted Financing means (i) the Company’s issuance of Common Stock and warrants therefore in connection with a merger and/or acquisition or consolidation, (ii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock or warrants therefore in connection with strategic license agreements so long as such issuances are not for the purpose of raising capital, (iii) the Company’s issuance of Common Stock or the issuance or grants of options to purchase Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans as they now exist, and (iv) the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise or conversion of any securities outstanding on the date hereof.
Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions means any sale or transfer by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Principal Property owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with the intention of taking back a lease thereof; provided, however, that “Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions” shall not include any such transaction involving machinery and/or equipment (excluding any lease for a temporary period of not more than thirty-six months with the intent that the use of the subject machinery and/or equipment will be discontinued at or before the expiration of such period) relating to facilities (a) in full operation for more than 180 days as of the date of this Supplemental Indenture and (b) that are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to the extent that the aggregate Attributable Value of the machinery and/or equipment from time to time involved in such transactions (giving effect to payment in full under any such transaction and excluding the Applied Amounts, as defined in the following sentence), plus the amount of obligations and Indebtedness from time to time secured by Liens incurred under Section 6.1(18), exceeds the greater of (i) $1,000 million and (ii) 15.0% of Net Worth as determined at the time of, and immediately after giving effect to, the incurrence of such transactions based on the balance sheet for the end of the most recent quarter for which financial statements are available (such greater amount, the “Applicable Threshold”). For purposes of this definition, “Applied Amounts” means an amount (which may be conclusively determined by the Board of Directors of the Company) equal to the greater of (i) capitalized rent with respect to the applicable machinery and/or equipment and (ii) the fair value of the applicable machinery and/or equipment, that is applied within 180 days of the applicable transaction or transactions to repayment of the Notes or to the repayment of any indebtedness for borrowed money which, in accordance with GAAP, is classified as long-term debt and that is on parity with the Notes.
Qualified Acquisition means any acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of (i) all or substantially all of the assets of a Person or line of business of such Person, or (ii) at least a majority of the Equity Interests of a Person, in each case, where the aggregate consideration (in whatever form) payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is greater than $1,000,000,000.
Permitted Bid Acquisition means an acquisition of Voting Shares made pursuant to a Permitted Bid or a Competing Permitted Bid;
Transformative Acquisition means any acquisition or Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is either (a) not permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or Investment or (b) if permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or Investment, would not provide the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under this Agreement for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.
Permitted Asset Disposition means (i) any Asset Disposition permitted by Section 8.5 and (ii) any Excluded Asset Disposition.
Acquisition Debt means any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, a Material Acquisition and any related transactions or series of related transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any pre-existing Indebtedness of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or the person(s) or assets to be acquired); provided that (a) the release of the proceeds of such Indebtedness to the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries is contingent upon the consummation of such Material Acquisition and, pending such release, such proceeds are held in escrow (and, if the definitive agreement (or, in the case of a tender offer or similar transaction, the definitive offer document) for such acquisition is terminated prior to the consummation of such Material Acquisition or if such Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness, such proceeds shall be promptly applied to satisfy and discharge all obligations of the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries in respect of such Indebtedness) or (b) such Indebtedness contains a “special mandatory redemption” provision (or other similar provision) or otherwise permits such Indebtedness to be redeemed or prepaid if such Material Acquisition is not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness (and if the definitive agreement (or, in the case of a tender offer or similar transaction, the definitive offer document) for such Material Acquisition is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the consummation of such Material Acquisition or such Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is so redeemed or prepaid within 90 days of such termination or such specified date, as the case may be).
Permitted Acquisitions (i) Any Acquisition by the Borrowers where (a) the business or division acquired is substantially similar or materially related to, or the Person acquired is engaged in a business or businesses substantially similar or materially related to, any of the businesses engaged in by the Borrowers on the Closing Date, (b) immediately before and after giving effect to such Acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist, (c) the Borrowers have Availability of not less than $10,000,000 after making such Acquisition, (d) the total consideration to be paid by the Borrowers in connection with such Acquisition does not exceed $25,000,000 for any one such Acquisition, or $50,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year of the Borrowers, (e) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, the Borrowers are in pro forma compliance with all the financial ratios and restrictions set forth in Sections 6.17 and 6.18, (f) the Senior Leverage Ratio, both on a pro forma basis reflecting consummation of the Acquisition under consideration and as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, is less than the maximum allowed Senior Leverage Ratio less 0.25, (g) in the case of the Acquisition of any Person, the Board of Directors of such Person has approved such Acquisition, (h) reasonably prior to such Acquisition, the Agent shall have received drafts of each material document, instrument and agreement to be executed in connection with such Acquisition together with all lien search reports and lien release letters and other documents as the Agent may reasonably require to evidence the termination of Liens on the assets or business to be acquired upon consummation thereof, (i) not less than ten Business Days prior to such Acquisition, the Agent shall have received an acquisition summary with respect to the Person and/or business or division to be acquired, such summary to include a reasonably detailed description thereof (including financial information) and operating results (including financial statements for the most recent 12 month period for which they are available and as otherwise available), the material terms and conditions, including material economic terms, of the proposed Acquisition, and the calculation of Pro Forma EBITDA relating thereto, (j) consents shall have been obtained in favor of the Agent and the Banks to the collateral assignment of rights and indemnities under the related acquisition documents and (if delivered to the Borrowers) opinions of counsel for the selling party in favor of the Agent and the Banks shall have been delivered, and (k) the provisions of Section 6.5 have been satisfied; (ii) any Acquisition by the Borrowers that does not satisfy all of the conditions described in subclauses (a) through (k) of clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Acquisitions but does satisfy the conditions described in subclauses (b), (c), (e), (g), (h) and (k) of clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Acquisitions and the total consideration to be paid by the Borrowers in connection with such Acquisition does not exceed $2,500,000 for any one Acquisition or $5,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year; or (iii) any other Acquisition consented to in writing by the Majority Banks. For purposes of the foregoing, “total consideration” shall mean, without duplication, cash or other consideration paid, the fair market value of property or stock exchanged (or the face amount, if preferred stock) other than common stock of the Borrowers’ Agent, the total amount of any deferred payments or purchase money debt, all Seller Indebtedness, and the total amount of any Indebtedness assumed or undertaken in such transactions.
Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transaction has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(b).
Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transaction means any Sale Lease-Back Transaction by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that (i) the proceeds of the respective Sale Lease-Back Transaction shall be entirely cash and in an amount at least equal to 95% of the aggregate amount expended by the Company or such Subsidiary in acquiring such asset (or, if not then acquired, 95% of the Fair Market Value of the Property subject to such Sale-Leaseback Transaction) and (ii) the respective transaction is otherwise effected in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.10.
Hostile Acquisition means the acquisition of the capital stock or other equity interests of a Person through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such capital stock or other equity interests which has not been approved (prior to such acquisition) by resolutions of the Board of Directors of such Person or by similar action if such Person is not a corporation, and as to which such approval has not been withdrawn.
Target Acquisition means the acquisition of Target Shares by Purchaser pursuant to a Scheme or an Offer.
Permitted Bid Acquisitions has the meaning set forth in the definition of "Acquiring Person" herein.