Lend money or extend credit or make advances to any Person, or purchase or acquire any stock, obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, or otherwise make an investment in, any Person except for Permitted Investments and transactions expressly permitted by Section 8.06.

Advances, Investments and Loans. Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, lend money or credit or make advances to any Person, or purchase or acquire any stock, obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person, or purchase or own a futures contract or otherwise become liable for the purchase or sale of currency or other commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures contract, or hold any cash or Cash Equivalents (each of the foregoing an “Investment” and, collectively, “Investments”), except that the following shall be permitted:

Loans/Investments. Make any loans or investments in excess of $10 million, except accounts receivables, temporary advances to cover incidental expenses or otherwise in the ordinary course of business.

Loans, Investments, Etc. Each Borrower and Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any loans or advance money or property to any person, or invest in (by capital contribution, dividend or otherwise) or purchase or repurchase the Capital Stock or Indebtedness or all or a substantial part of the assets or property of any person, or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except:

Advances and Loans. So long as the Borrower shall have any obligation under this Note, the Borrower shall not, without the Holder’s written consent, lend money, give credit or make advances to any person, firm, joint venture or corporation, including, without limitation, officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries and affiliates of the Borrower, except loans, credits or advances # in existence or committed on the date hereof and which the Borrower has informed Holder in writing prior to the date hereof, # made in the ordinary course of business or # not in excess of $100,000.

Section # Investments, Loans and Advances

Investments. ​ 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, except:

[Section 6.04(e)] of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words “and other investments” appearing therein with the words “and other loans, advances and investments”.

Directly or indirectly, make or acquire any Investment or incur any liabilities (including contingent obligations) for or in connection with any Investment, except for Permitted Investments.

Section # Investments, Loans, and Advances. The Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, make or have outstanding loans, advances, extensions of credit or capital contributions to, or Investments in, any Person other than Permitted Acquisitions and advances made to employees for travel, expenses and other business related activities, which employee advances are made in the ordinary course of the Borrowers' business and are in an aggregate amount which does not exceed $500,000.00 outstanding at any one time.