(xxii) contributions to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of employees, directors, officers, managers, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower;
(xxiii) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”; provided that such transaction was not entered into in contemplation of such redesignation;
(xxiv) Investments consisting of (i) prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection, bid, performance, workers’ compensation and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business or (ii) lease, utility and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business;
(xxv) Investments consisting of deposits, prepayments and other advances made in the ordinary course of business to distributors, suppliers, licensors and licensees; and
(xxvi) Investments in joint ventures of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (xxvi) that are at that time outstanding, not in excess of the greater of (a) $150,000,000 and (b) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA at the time of such Investment;
provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this definition shall be subject to Section 10.8.
“Permitted Liens” shall mean, with respect to any Person:
(i) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness), or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for the payment of rent or deposits made to secure obligations arising from contractual or warranty refunds, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, and mechanics’ or other like Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) Liens for Taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP, or for property Taxes on property Holdings or one of its Subsidiaries has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such Tax, assessment, charge, levy, or claim is to such property;
(iv) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal, or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(v) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, easements, or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines, and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes, or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental, to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
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