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Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries contract clause examples

Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Create or otherwise cause, incur, assume, suffer or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party # to pay dividends or to make any other distribution on any shares of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, # to pay or prepay or to subordinate any Indebtedness owed to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, # to make loans or advances to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or # to transfer any of its property or assets to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that nothing in any of [clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 7.02(k)] shall prohibit or restrict compliance with:

Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Create or otherwise cause, incur, assume, suffer or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party # to pay dividends or to make any other distribution on any shares of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, # to pay or prepay or to subordinate any Indebtedness owed to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, # to make loans or advances to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or # to transfer any of its property or assets to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that nothing in any of [clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 7.02(k)] shall prohibit or restrict compliance with:

Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Create or otherwise cause, incur, assume, suffer or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party # to pay dividends or to make any other distribution on any shares of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, # to pay or prepay or to subordinate any Indebtedness owed to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, # to make loans or advances to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or # to transfer any of its property or assets to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that nothing in any of [clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 7.02(k)] shall prohibit or restrict compliance with:

Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Directly or indirectly, enter into or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into or suffer to exist, any agreement or arrangement limiting the ability of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare or pay dividends or other distributions in respect of its Equity Interests or repay or prepay any Debt owed to, make loans or advances to, or otherwise transfer assets to or invest in, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (whether through a covenant restricting dividends, loans, asset transfers or investments, a financial covenant or otherwise), except # the Loan Documents, # any agreement or instrument evidencing Debt permitted under [Section 5.02(b)], provided that the terms of such Debt, and of such agreement or instrument, do not restrict distributions in respect of Equity Interests in Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owning Unencumbered Assets, and # any agreement in effect at

Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Directly or indirectly, enter into or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into or suffer to exist, any agreement or arrangement limiting the ability of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare or pay dividends or other distributions in respect of its Equity Interests or repay or prepay any Debt owed to, make loans or advances to, or otherwise transfer assets to or invest in, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (whether through a covenant restricting dividends, loans, asset transfers or investments, a financial covenant or otherwise), except # the Loan Documents, # any agreement or instrument evidencing Debt permitted under [Section 5.02(b)], provided that the terms of such Debt, and of such agreement or instrument, do not restrict distributions in respect of Equity Interests in Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owning Unencumbered Assets, and # any agreement in effect at the time such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

. Directly or indirectly, enter into or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into or suffer to exist, any agreement or arrangement limiting the ability of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare or pay dividends or make other distributions in respect of its Capital Stock or repay or prepay any Debt owed to, make loans or advances to, or otherwise transfer assets to or invest in, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether through a covenant restricting dividends, loans, asset transfers or investments, a financial covenant or otherwise), except # the Loan Documents; # those that exist on the Closing Date, # any agreement in effect at the time such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; # restrictions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing Debt incurred pursuant to [Section 7.2(e), or (f)])]; provided that such restrictions relate only to the transfer of the property financed with such Debt; # in connection with and pursuant to any extension, renewal or Permitted Refinancing, replacements of restrictions that are not more restrictive than those being replaced and do not apply to any other Person or assets than those that would have been covered by the restrictions in the Debt so refinanced; # restrictions contained in any Permitted Receivables Document with respect to any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary; # solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors restrictions under the Constitutive Documents governing such Subsidiary: # with respect to existing Restricted Subsidiaries, those existing on the Closing Date; and # with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries created or acquired after the Closing Date, those: # prohibiting such Restricted Subsidiary from guaranteeing Debt of the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; # restricting dividend payments and other distributions solely to permit pro rata dividends and other distributions in respect of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary; # limiting transactions with the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary to those with terms that are fair and reasonable to such Restricted Subsidiary and no less favorable to such Restricted Subsidiary than could have been obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party; and # limiting such Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to transfer assets or incur Debt without the consent of the holders of the Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that all restrictions permitted by this clause (vii) shall no longer be permitted in the event any such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor; # restrictions contained in Debt incurred pursuant to [Section 7.2(l)] with respect to the borrowers thereunder; # encumbrances or restrictions # that restrict in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar contract entered into in the ordinary course of business, or the assignment or transfer of any lease, license or contract entered into in the ordinary course of business, # arising by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, # imposed by any instrument or agreement governing Debt entered into on or after the Closing Date and permitted under [Section 7.2(h), (m), (p), (r), (t) or (v)])])])])])] that are, taken as a whole, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary than customary market terms for Debt of such type (and, in any event, are no more restrictive than the restrictions contained in this Agreement, taken as a whole), so long as the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such restrictions will not affect its obligation or ability to make any payments required hereunder and # pursuant to any Requirement of Law, # encumbrances or restrictions that are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under [Section 7.6] and applicable solely to such joint venture entered into in the ordinary course of business, # encumbrances or restrictions that are contained in any employment, compensation or separation agreement or arrangement entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and # any encumbrances or restrictions on a Captive Insurance Subsidiary.

Limitation on Certain Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Neither the Borrowers nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation that limits the ability # of any Restricted Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to the Company, or # of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person to secure the Obligations; provided that the foregoing clauses (a[[Company:Organization]] and (b[[Company:Organization]] shall not apply to Contractual Obligations which exist under or by reason of: # applicable law, rule, regulation or order (including requirements imposed by any Gaming Authority[[Company:Organization]], # this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Pari Passu Hedge Agreement or any Pari Passu Cash Management Agreement, # any documents governing any Permitted Refinancings and any agreement effecting a refinancing, replacement or substitution, extension, renewal or restructuring of Indebtedness issued, assumed or incurred pursuant to an agreement or instrument permitted under this Agreement, # customary provisions restricting subletting, transfer, license or assignment of any lease governing any leasehold interest of the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or otherwise relating to the assets subject thereto, # customary provisions restricting transfer, license or assignment of any licensing agreement or other contract (or otherwise relating to the assets subject thereto[[Company:Organization]] entered into by the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, # restrictions on the transfer of any asset or Subsidiary or the payment of dividends or other distributions or the making of loans or advances by that Subsidiary pending the close of the sale of such asset or Subsidiary, # restrictions on the transfer of any asset subject to a Lien permitted by Section 8.03; # any agreement or instrument incurred or assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person acquired pursuant to the respective Permitted Acquisition or permitted Investment and so long as the respective encumbrances or restrictions were not created (or made more restrictive[[Company:Organization]] in connection with or in anticipation of the respective Permitted Acquisition or permitted Investment; # restrictions applicable to any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Joint Venture (or the Equity Interests thereof[[Company:Organization]]; # customary negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness for borrowed money permitted under [Section 8.04]; # encumbrances or restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; # Contractual Obligations which # exist on the Closing Date and # to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (x[[Company:Organization]] are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, or any agreement evidencing any permitted modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as such modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing is not (taken as a whole[[Company:Organization]] materially less favorable to the Lenders; # restrictions binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; # restrictions on # cash or other deposits constituting Permitted Encumbrances and other Liens permitted by Section 8.03 or # cash earnest money deposits in favor of sellers in connection with acquisitions not prohibited hereunder; # encumbrances or restrictions contained in the MGP Master Lease, the Bellagio Lease, the MGP BREIT JV Master Lease and any Similar Leases and customary encumbrances or restrictions contained in other leases relating to the property subject to such lease; # customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance documents, joint venture agreements and other similar agreements that restrict the transfer of ownership interests in such partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or similar Person or provisions in agreements or instruments which prohibit the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions with respect to any class of capital stock of a Person other than on a pro rata basis, # other restrictions or encumbrances that are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrowers, not materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and other restrictions, taken as a whole, than the corresponding restrictions or encumbrances hereunder, # transactions and agreements disclosed or referred to in the MGP BREIT JV Transaction Agreements (including for the avoidance of doubt, the MGP BREIT JV Master Lease[[Company:Organization]] (in each case including any amendment, modification or extension, to the extent such amendment, modification or extension thereto, taken as a whole, is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect[[Company:Organization]]; and # any transactions pursuant to Section 8.01(t[[Company:Organization]], Section 8.03(m[[Company:Organization]], Section 8.04(l[[Company:Organization]] and, Section 8.04(q[[Company:Organization]] and Section 8.04(t[[Company:Organization]].

. Except for restrictions contained in this Agreement, in the Senior Note Indenture (as in effect on December 6, 2012) or any other agreement with respect to Indebtedness of any Borrower or Guarantor permitted hereunder as in effect on the date of Amendment No. 4, there are no contractual or consensual restrictions on any Borrower or Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries which prohibit or otherwise restrict # the transfer of cash or other assets # between any Borrower or Guarantor and any of its or their Subsidiaries or # between any Subsidiaries of any Borrower or Guarantor or # the ability of any Borrower or Guarantor or any of its or their Subsidiaries to incur Indebtedness or grant security interests to Administrative Agent or any Lender in the Collateral.

. Each Borrower and Guarantor shall not, directly, or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any encumbrance or restriction which prohibits or limits the ability of any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor to # pay dividends or make other distributions or pay any Indebtedness owed to such Borrower or Guarantor or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor; # make loans or advances to such Borrower or Guarantor or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor, # transfer any of its properties or assets to such Borrower or Guarantor or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor; or # create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than encumbrances and restrictions arising under # applicable law, # this Agreement, # the documents governing the Qualified Debt Offering (if applicable), # customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of such Borrower or Guarantor or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor, # customary restrictions on dispositions of real property interests found in reciprocal easement agreements of such Borrower or Guarantor or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor, # any agreement relating to permitted Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary of such Borrower or Guarantor prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired by such Borrower or such Guarantor and outstanding on such acquisition date, # the extension or continuation of contractual obligations in existence on the Effective Date; provided, that, any such encumbrances or restrictions contained in such extension or continuation are no less favorable to Administrative Agent and Lenders than those encumbrances and restrictions under or pursuant to the contractual obligations so extended or continued, and # the Senior Note Indenture (as in effect on December 6, 2012).

No Restrictions on Dividends. No subsidiary of the Company is a party to or otherwise bound by any instrument or agreement that prohibits, directly or indirectly, any subsidiary of the Company from paying any dividends or making any other distributions on its capital stock, limited or general partnership interests, limited liability company interests, or other equity interests, as the case may be, or from repaying any loans or advances from, or (except for instruments or agreements that by their express terms prohibit the transfer or assignment thereof or of any rights thereunder) transferring any of its properties or assets to, the Company or any other subsidiary, in each case except # as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum or # any restrictions or limitations contained in the Company’s (or, as applicable, any subsidiary’s) existing indentures or existing credit agreements that will be permitted by the Indenture after the Closing Date.

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