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

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.

Payment Restrictions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement, instrument, or other document which prohibits or restricts in any way or to otherwise, directly or indirectly, create or cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to # pay dividends, or make any other distribution in respect of its capital stock or any other equity interest or participation in its profits owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or pay or repay any indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, # make loans or advances to the Borrower, or # transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (subject to the rights of any holder of a Lien on any such properties or assets which Lien is a Permitted Lien).

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:

Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of Borrower to # pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiary’s Equity Interests owned by Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, # repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, # make loans or advances to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, or # transfer, lease or license any of its property or assets to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower other than restrictions # by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, # that are or were created by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer or option or right with respect to any property, assets or Equity Interests not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement that imposes restrictions on such Equity Interests or assets, or # that exist under or by reason of Requirements of Law;

. 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.

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