Permitted Acquisitions (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section 9.14 and the requirements contained in the definition of Permitted Acquisition, the Borrower and any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries may from time to time effect Permitted Acquisitions, so long as (in each case except to the extent the Required Lenders otherwise specifically agree in writing in the case of a specific Permitted Acquisition): (i) no Default, Event of Default or Compliance Period shall be in existence at the time of the consummation of the proposed Permitted Acquisition or immediately after giving effect thereto; (ii) the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) at least 10 Business Days’ prior written notice of the proposed Permitted Acquisition; (iii) all representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Permitted Acquisition (both before and after giving effect thereto), unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; (iv) the Borrower provides to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) as soon as available but not later than 5 Business Days after the execution thereof, a copy of any executed purchase agreement or similar agreement with respect to such Permitted Acquisition; (v) after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition and the payment of all post-closing purchase price adjustments required (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition (and all other Permitted Acquisitions for which such purchase price adjustments may be required to be made) and all capital expenditures (and the financing thereof) reasonably anticipated by the Borrower to be made in the business acquired pursuant to such Permitted Acquisition within the 180-day period (such period for any Permitted Acquisition, a “Post-Closing Period”) following such Permitted Acquisition (and in the businesses acquired pursuant to all other Permitted Acquisitions with Post-Closing Periods ended during the Post-Closing Period of such Permitted Acquisition), there shall exist no Compliance Period; (vi) such proposed Permitted Acquisition shall be effected in accordance with the relevant requirements of Section 9.17; (vii) the Borrower determines in good faith that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are not likely to assume or become liable for material increased contingent liabilities as a result of such proposed Permitted Acquisition (excluding, however, Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.04 in connection therewith); (viii) substantially all of the Acquired Entity or Business acquired pursuant to the respective Permitted Acquisition is in a Qualified Jurisdiction, provided, however, the respective proposed Permitted Acquisition shall not be required to meet the requirements set forth above in this clause (viii) if the Maximum Permitted Consideration payable in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, when aggregated with the Maximum Permitted Consideration payable in connection with all other Permitted Acquisitions consummated after the Initial Borrowing Date in which all or substantially all of the Acquired Entity or Business so acquired were not in Qualified Jurisdictions, does not exceed $300,000,000; and (ix) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date of the consummation of such proposed Permitted Acquisition, an officer’s certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, certifying to the best of his knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (i) through (iii), inclusive, and clauses (v) through (viii), inclusive, and containing the calculations required by the preceding clauses (iii) and (viii).
Capital Expenditures, etc With respect to Capital Expenditures, the parties covenant and agree as follows:
Permitted Acquisition any Acquisition by any Borrower in a transaction that satisfies each of the following requirements: (a) such Acquisition is not a hostile acquisition or contested by the Person to be acquired; (b) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ total assets), or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired, are useful in or engaged in, as applicable, the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries or a business reasonably related thereto; (c) both before and after giving effect to such Acquisition, each of the representations and warranties in the Loan Documents is true and correct; (d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of such Acquisition; (e) as soon as available, but not less than 30 days prior to such Acquisition, the Borrowers have provided Agent (i) notice of such Acquisition and (ii) a copy of all available business and financial information reasonably requested by Agent including pro forma financial statements, statements of cash flow, and Availability projections; (f) not later than 15 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of such Acquisition, Borrowers shall have provided the Agent with copies of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to such Acquisition, which agreement and documents must be reasonably acceptable to Agent; (g) the aggregate purchase consideration payable (including deferred payment obligations, but excluding issuances of Equity Interests of Clearwater) in respect of all Acquisitions made during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $50,000,000; (h) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of the Equity Interests of a Person, the Acquisition is structured so that the acquired Person shall become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Borrower and, in accordance with Section 10.1.9, an Obligor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (i) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of assets, the Acquisition is structured so that an Obligor (or a newly organized Subsidiary that becomes an Obligor) shall acquire such assets; (j) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to the assets being acquired) are located within the United States, or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired is organized in a jurisdiction located within the United States; (k) no Debt will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to Borrower or its Subsidiaries as a result of such Acquisition, other than Debt permitted under Section 10.2.1 and no Liens will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to the assets of Borrower or its Subsidiaries as a result or such Acquisition other than Permitted Liens; and (l) both before and after giving effect to any such Acquisition, Modified Availability is greater than $50,000,000. In no event will assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition constitute Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory or Eligible Semi-Finished Inventory prior to completion of a field examination and other due diligence acceptable to Agent in its discretion.
Stock Repurchases If a Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the Borrower shall not make any payment (whether in cash, securities or other Property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, for the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any of its Capital Stock or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Capital Stock other than the repurchase of warrants or stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 during the term of this Agreement.
Investments and Acquisitions The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make or suffer to exist any Investments (including without limitation, loans and advances to, and other Investments in, Subsidiaries), or commitments therefor, or to create any Subsidiary or to become or remain a partner in any partnership or joint venture, or to make any Acquisition of any Person, except:
Maximum Capital Expenditures Make or commit to make, or allow any of its Subsidiaries to make or commit to make, Capital Expenditures exceeding, in the aggregate for each Fiscal Year until the Termination Date, the greater of (A) EBITDA for such Fiscal Year, less the sum of (I) cash interest expense for such Fiscal Year, plus (II) amounts paid under Section 2.03 and all principal payments under the GECC Capital Lease and the NTFC Capital Lease (a) during Fiscal Year 2002 (for purposes of calculating the maximum Capital Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2003) or (b) during Fiscal Year 2004 or the applicable Fiscal Year thereafter (for purposes of calculating the maximum Capital Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2004 or the applicable succeeding Fiscal Year, as the case may be), or (B) $10,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2003 and $15,000,000 for each Fiscal Year thereafter. For purposes of calculating maximum Capital Expenditures, the amount calculated in item (II) above shall be deemed not to have exceeded $20,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2004 and shall be deemed not to have exceeded $30,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2005. Compliance with this Section 5.02(q)(i) shall be measured at the end of each Fiscal Year, commencing with Fiscal Year 2003. To the extent the Borrower’s actual Capital Expenditures for any Fiscal Year are less than the maximum Capital Expenditures for such Fiscal Year computed as aforesaid, the Borrower may increase Capital Expenditures for the subsequent Fiscal Year by an amount equal to the amount by which such maximum Capital Expenditures exceed such actual Capital Expenditures, but not by an amount which exceeds $5,000,000. For the purposes of this Section 5.02(q)(i) only, Capital Expenditures shall not include the Contingent Payments and any payment made in respect of that certain litigation arising from or in relating in any way to the use of rights of way granted to the Borrower by Mississippi Power Company; provided, that, to the extent that payment made in respect of such litigation is equal to or greater than $5,000,000, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent prior to the payment thereof, a statement that the Borrower will have not less than $11,500,000 in cash and Cash Equivalents (excluding any insurance proceeds deposited with the Collateral Agent as described in clause (C) of the proviso in the definition of “Extraordinary Receipts”) after making such payment, certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Parent.
Capital Expenditures The Issuer shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).
Investments; Acquisitions Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including any Joint Venture, or acquire, by purchase or otherwise, all or substantially all the business, property or fixed assets of, or Capital Stock of any Person, or any division or line of business of any Person except:
Maximum Consolidated Capital Expenditures Holdings shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, make or incur Consolidated Capital Expenditures, in any Fiscal Year, in an aggregate amount for Holdings and its Subsidiaries in excess of $125,000,000; provided, such amount for any Fiscal Year shall be increased by an amount equal to the excess, if any (but in no event more than $62,500,000), of such amount for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year (with the above scheduled amount for any Fiscal Year being used prior to any amount carried over from the preceding Fiscal Year) over the actual amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures for such previous Fiscal Year; provided, further, so long as no Default shall have occurred and being continuing or would result therefrom, Holdings and its Subsidiaries may also make Consolidated Capital Expenditures in an amount not to exceed the Cumulative Growth Amount immediately prior to the making of such Consolidated Capital Expenditures (but the amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures made from the Cumulative Growth Amount in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed 50% of the above scheduled amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures that would have otherwise been permitted to made in such Fiscal Year pursuant to this Section 6.7(c)); and provided, further that for each Permitted Acquisition consummated in any Fiscal Year and, if consummated, the SDI Acquisition in the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2011, the maximum amounts set forth above for such Fiscal Year and for every Fiscal Year thereafter shall be increased by an amount equal to 110% of the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures made by the acquired Person or business for the thirty-six month period immediately preceding the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or SDI Acquisition as determined by the financial statements for such acquired Person or business by (B) three (3).
Asset Sales (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
