such future, present or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor or their estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses or permitted transferees) pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement or any stock subscription or shareholder or similar agreement; provided, however, that, except with respect to non-discretionary purchases, the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (iii) in any calendar year shall not exceed (x) prior to any Permitted Separation Transaction, $100.0 million and (y) from and after any Permitted Separation Transaction, $100.0 million multiplied by the Post-Separation EBITDA Percentage, in each case, in any calendar year; provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(1) the cash proceeds received by the Company from the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company, to any future, present or former employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors of the Company or its Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3)(B) of Section 409(a); plus
(2) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; plus
(3) the amount of any cash bonuses otherwise payable to employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors of the Company or its Subsidiaries that are foregone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests; less
(4) the amount of cash proceeds described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this clause (iii) previously used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (iii); provided that the Company may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this clause (iii) in any calendar year;
and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, current or former officer, director, employee, consultant or independent contractor (or any permitted transferees thereof) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries thereof, in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 409 or any other provisions of this Indenture;
(iv) the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of Equity Interests in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination, or in connection with any dividend, distribution or split of, or upon exercise, conversion or exchange of Equity Interests, warrants, options or other securities exercisable or convertible into, Equity Interests of the Company, including in connection with a Permitted Separation Transaction;
(v) payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters’ rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer of assets that complies with the provisions of this Indenture;
(vi) the purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness after the Company has complied with the requirements of Section 411 and Section 415; provided that all Notes validly tendered for payment (and not withdrawn) in connection with an Excess Proceeds Offer or a Change of Control Offer, as applicable, pursuant to such Sections have been purchased, redeemed or acquired for value;
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