Permitted Acquisitions. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make any Acquisitions, other than Acquisitions meeting the following requirements or otherwise approved by the Required Lenders (each such Acquisition constituting a “Permitted Acquisition”):

Investments permitted pursuant to [Section 8.02, 8.03, 8.05 or 8.07]7]7]7];

Investments in the form of capital contributions and the acquisition of Equity Interests made by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party (other than capital contributions to or the acquisition of Equity Interests of Parent),

intercompany loans, advances or capital contributions made by any Credit Party to any of its Subsidiaries which are not Credit Parties # made prior to April 30, 2024 and # made on or after April 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and

Investments held by any Person (other than in such Person’s subsidiaries) acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date or of any Person merged or consolidated into the Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 6.03 after the Effective Date, in each case to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation; provided that this [clause (q)] is intended solely to grandfather such investments as are indirectly acquired as a result of an acquisition of such Person otherwise permitted hereunder and any consideration paid in connection with such acquisition that may be allocable to such Investments must be permitted by, and be taken into account in computing compliance with, any basket amounts or limitations applicable to such acquisition hereunder;

loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to finance the purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower in an aggregate amount for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not to exceed $5.0 million at any time outstanding;

Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by [Section 8.07];

Investments consisting of debt securities as partial consideration for the Disposition of assets to the extent permitted by Section 7.05(f);

Investments (other than Permitted Intercompany Advances) by # Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Loan Party (other than Parent), and # by and among Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties,

Investments and Acquisitions. Make any Investments or Acquisitions except: