Permitted Subordinated Debt means Indebtedness of any of the Borrowers which has been subordinated and made junior to the Full Payment of the Obligations, and evidenced as such by a subordination agreement containing subordination provisions substantially in the form of Exhibit I, or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that (a) at the time such Permitted Subordinated Debt is incurred, no Default or Event of Default has occurred or would occur as a result of such incurrence, and (b) the documentation evidencing such Permitted Subordinated Debt shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and shall contain all of the following characteristics: (i) it shall be unsecured, (ii) it shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the market rate as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower, (iii) it shall not require unscheduled principal repayments thereof prior to the maturity date of such debt, (iv) if it has any covenants, such covenants (including covenants relating to incurrence of indebtedness) shall be less restrictive than those set forth herein, (v) it shall have no restrictions on the Borrowers’ ability to grant liens securing indebtedness ranking senior to such Permitted Subordinated Debt, (vi) it shall permit the incurrence of senior indebtedness under this Agreement, (vii) it may be cross-accelerated with the Obligations and other senior indebtedness of the Borrowers (but shall not be cross-defaulted except for payment defaults which the senior lenders have not waived) and may be accelerated upon bankruptcy, and (viii) it shall provide for the complete, automatic and unconditional release of any and all guarantees of such Permitted Subordinated Debt granted by any Borrower in the event of the sale by any Person of such Borrower or the sale by any Person of all or substantially all of such Borrower’s assets (including in the case of a foreclosure).
Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness means Indebtedness incurred after the Closing Date by the Borrower or the Subsidiaries that is (i) subordinated to the Obligations and all other Indebtedness owing from the Borrower or the Subsidiaries to the Lender pursuant to a written subordination agreement satisfactory to the Lender in its sole discretion and (ii) in an amount and on terms approved by the Lender in its sole discretion.
Affiliate Subordination Agreement means an Affiliate Subordination Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C pursuant to which intercompany obligations and advances owed by any Loan Party are subordinated to the Obligations.
Not Subordinated means an obligation that is not Subordinated to (I) the Reference Obligation or (II) the Prior Reference Obligation, if applicable;(B) "Subordination" means, with respect to an obligation (the "Second Obligation") and another obligation of the Reference Entity to which such obligation is being compared (the "First Obligation"), a contractual, trust or similar arrangement providing that (I) upon the liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding-up of the Reference Entity, claims of the holders of the First Obligation are required to be satisfied prior to the claims of the holders of the Second Obligation, or (II) the holders of the Second Obligation will not be entitled to receive or retain principal payments in respect of their claims against the Reference Entity at any time that the Reference Entity is in payment arrears or is otherwise in default under the First Obligation. "Subordinated" will be construed accordingly. For purposes of determining whether Subordination exists or whether an obligation is Subordinated with respect to another obligation to which it is being compared, (x) the existence of preferred creditors arising by operation of law or of collateral, credit support or other credit enhancement or security arrangements shall not be taken into account, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, priorities arising by operation of law shall be taken into account where the Reference Entity is a Sovereign and (y) in the case of the Reference Obligation or the Prior Reference Obligation, as applicable, the ranking in priority of payment shall be determined as of the date as of which it was issued or incurred (or in circumstances where the Reference Obligation or a Prior Reference Obligation is the Standard Reference Obligation and "Standard Reference Obligation" is applicable, then the priority of payment of the Reference Obligation or the Prior Reference Obligation, as applicable, shall be determined as of the date of selection) and, in each case, shall not reflect any change to such ranking in priority of payment after such date; and
Guarantor Subordinated Obligations means, with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement.
Guarantor Subordinated Obligation means, with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which is expressly subordinate in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement.
Management Fee Subordination Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Management Fee Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Sponsor and Agent and acknowledged by the Borrower.
Permitted Subsidiary Indebtedness means any of the following:
Senior Subordinated Indebtedness means the Securities and any other Indebtedness of the Company that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to rank pari passu with the Securities in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of the Company which is not Senior Indebtedness.
Junior Subordinated Indebtedness means the principal of (and premium, if any) and unpaid interest on (a) indebtedness of the Company (including indebtedness of others guaranteed by the Company), whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, for money borrowed, which in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding it is provided that such indebtedness ranks junior in right of payment to the Company’s Senior Indebtedness and Senior Subordinated Indebtedness and equally and pari passu in right of payment to any other Junior Subordinated Indebtedness, (b) Junior Subordinated Securities, and (c) renewals, extensions, modifications and refinancings of any such indebtedness.
Intercompany Subordination Agreement means an intercompany subordination agreement, dated as of even date with the Agreement, executed and delivered by Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries, and Agent, the form and substance of which is reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
Senior Subordinated Debt means the Indebtedness represented by the Senior Subordinated Notes (including the Note Guarantees, Exchange Notes (each as defined in the Senior Subordinated Debt Documents), guarantees of Exchange Notes and any replacement Exchange Notes).
Eligible Subordinated Debt means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of the issuer’s then-outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that (a) upon a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer, ranks subordinate to the issuer’s then outstanding series of indebtedness for money borrowed that ranks most senior, (b) is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause (b) shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has outstanding subordinated long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that satisfies the requirements in clauses (a), (c) and (d) that is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO), (c) has an outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, and (d) was issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking firm or firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution agents. For purposes of this definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number, each issuance of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that has (or, if such indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate entity established directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate entity that have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other series of such indebtedness.
Other Permitted Indebtedness means (a) accrued expenses and current trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business which are not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) arising in connection with transactions in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business in connection with its securities transactions, derivatives transactions, reverse repurchase agreements or dollar rolls to the extent such transactions are permitted under the Investment Company Act and the Borrower’s Investment Policies (after giving effect to any Permitted Policy Amendments), provided that such Indebtedness does not arise in connection with the purchase of Portfolio Investments other than Cash Equivalents and U.S. Government Securities and (c) Indebtedness in respect of judgments or awards that have been in force for less than the applicable period for taking an appeal so long as such judgments or awards do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (l) of Article VII.
Junior Subordinated Debt means (a) subordinated junior deferrable interest debentures of the Borrower, (b) the related preferred securities, if applicable, of Subsidiaries of the Borrower and (c) the related subordinated guarantees, if applicable, of the Borrower, in each case, from time to time outstanding.
Permitted Senior Indebtedness means the principal of (and premium, if any), interest on, and all fees and other amounts (including, without limitation, any reasonable out-of-pocket costs, enforcement expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket legal fees and disbursements), collateral protection expenses and other reimbursement or indemnity obligations relating thereto) payable by Company and/or its Subsidiaries under or in connection with any credit facility to be entered into by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries with one or more financial institutions together with any amendments, restatements, renewals, refundings, refinancings or other extensions thereof); provided, however, that the aggregate outstanding amount of such Permitted Senior Indebtedness (taking into account the maximum amounts which may be advanced under the loan documents evidencing such Permitted Senior Indebtedness) does not as of the date on which any such Permitted Senior Indebtedness is incurred exceed $10,000,000, with respect to the unpaid principal balance of loans thereunder and, provided further that such Permitted Senior Indebtedness shall only be incurred to the extent that the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Market Capitalization Ratio does not exceed .15 at the time of incurrence of such Permitted Senior Indebtedness.
Subordination Event means any one of the following events:
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding under any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy laws whether or not allowable as a claim in such proceeding) on any Indebtedness of any Guarantor (other than as otherwise provided in this definition), whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, and whether at any time owing, actually or contingent, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to any Guarantee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, "Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" shall include (i) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding under any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy law whether or not allowable as a claim in such proceeding) and all other obligations of every nature of any Guarantor from time to time owed to the lenders (or their agent) under the Bank Credit Agreement; provided, however, that any Indebtedness under any refinancing, refunding or replacement of the Bank Credit Agreement shall not constitute Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to the extent that the Indebtedness thereunder is by its express terms subordinate to any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor, (ii) Indebtedness evidenced by any guarantee of the Founders' Notes and (iii) Indebtedness under Interest Rate Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" shall not include (i) Indebtedness evidenced by the Guarantees, (ii) Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of any Guarantor, (iii) Indebtedness which when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11 of the United States Code, is without recourse to any Guarantor, (iv) Indebtedness which is represented by Disqualified Equity Interests, (v) any liability for foreign, federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by any Guarantor to the extent such liability constitutes Indebtedness, (vi) Indebtedness of any Guarantor to a Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of the Company or any of such Affiliate's subsidiaries, (vii) Indebtedness evidenced by any guarantee of any Subordinated Indebtedness or Pari Passu Indebtedness, (viii) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of issuance is issued in violation of this Indenture and (ix) Indebtedness owed by any Guarantor for compensation to employees or for services.
Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantees means customary completion or budget guarantees or indemnities (including by means of separate indemnification agreements and carve-out guarantees) provided under Non-Recourse Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in financing transactions that are directly or indirectly secured by real estate assets or other real estate-related assets (including equity interests) of a Subsidiary of the Company (or entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member), in each case that is the borrower in such financing, but is non-recourse to the Company or any of the Company’s other Subsidiaries, except for customary completion or budget guarantees or indemnities (including by means of separate indemnification agreements or carve-out guarantees) as are consistent with customary industry practice (such as environmental indemnities and recourse triggers based on violation of transfer restrictions and other customary exceptions to nonrecourse liability).
Permitted SBIC Guarantee means a guarantee by the Borrower of Indebtedness of an SBIC Subsidiary on the SBA’s then applicable form, provided that the recourse to the Borrower thereunder is expressly limited only to periods after the occurrence of an event or condition that is an impermissible change in the control of such SBIC Subsidiary (it being understood that, as provided in clause (s) of Article VII, it shall be an Event of Default hereunder if any such event or condition giving rise to such recourse occurs).
Permitted Additional Debt means unsecured Indebtedness, issued by the Borrower or a Guarantor, (a) the terms of which (i) do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation prior to the Final Maturity Date (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) and (ii) to the extent the same are subordinated, provide for customary subordination to the Obligations under the Credit Documents, (b) the covenants, events of default, guarantees and other terms of which (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those herein (or to the extent such Permitted Additional Debt constitutes refinancing Indebtedness of the (x) Senior Subordinated Notes, those applicable to the Senior Subordinated Notes being so refinanced or (y) the Senior Notes, those applicable to the Senior Notes being refinanced); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower is delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (c) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Guarantor or any guarantor of the Indebtedness being refinanced by such Permitted Additional Debt, if applicable) is an obligor.
Senior Subordinated Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of August 30, 2007, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto from time to time and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, governing the 13.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 of the Company, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
Permitted Additional Indebtedness means Permitted Additional Unsecured Indebtedness and Permitted Additional Secured Indebtedness.