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For more information visit our privacy policy.Maximum Total Leverage Ratio The Borrower shall not permit the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any four-quarter period to be greater than 4.00:1.00. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) for purposes of calculating the Total Leverage Ratio, until the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Specified Acquisition and (ii) termination of the acquisition agreement related to such Specified Acquisition, the Total Leverage Ratio shall not include any Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Guarantors to the extent that (x) such Indebtedness was incurred solely to finance such Specified Acquisition (and any related transactions) and the proceeds of such indebtedness are held as cash or cash equivalents in an escrow or equivalent arrangement (pending the consummation of such Specified Acquisition) and (y) such Indebtedness is redeemable or prepayable at no more than 101% of the principal amount thereof (plus accrued interest) in the event that the Specified Acquisition is not consummated; and (b) upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto (a “Specified Acquisition Notice”), the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any period for the four-quarter period beginning with the period in which such Specified Acquisition is consummated (such period in which the Specified Acquisition is consummated, the “Specified Acquisition Consummation Period”) and continuing through the fourth consecutive fiscal quarter ended immediately following the first day of the Specified Acquisition Consummation Period shall not exceed 4.50:1.00 (in lieu of the ratio set forth for such period above); provided that (i) the Borrower may deliver a Specified Acquisition Notice no more than three times during the life of this Agreement and (ii) after any Specified Acquisition Consummation Period, the Borrower must have a Total Leverage Ratio of no more than 4.00:1.00 for at least two consecutive fiscal quarters before the Borrower may elect to deliver a Specified Acquisition Notice for an additional time.
Total Debt The total Debt of all Consolidated Subsidiaries of the Borrower, excluding the Debt, if any, owed by such Consolidated Subsidiaries to the Borrower or another Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower, will at no time exceed an amount equal to $500,000,000 (or the Exchange Equivalent thereof).
Total Indebtedness Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur or suffer to exist, any Indebtedness, except: (i) Obligations owing to Agent or any Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; (ii) Indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Bonds and the other Subordinated Bond Documents (each as in effect as of the date hereof or as modified in compliance with subsection 8.2.6, subject to clause (xiii) below), so long as such Indebtedness remains subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the subordination provisions provided for in the Subordinated Bonds; (iii) Indebtedness evidenced by the Secured Bonds and the other Secured Bond Documents, each as in effect as of the date hereof or as modified in compliance with subsection 8.2.6 (subject to clause (xiii) below); (iv) Indebtedness, including without limitation Subordinated Debt and intercompany indebtedness, existing as of the date of this Agreement and listed on Exhibit 8.2.3; (v) Capitalized Lease Obligations and Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness not to exceed in the aggregate at any time outstanding the greater of (x) $10,000,000 or (y) the amount that is equal to 3% of Tangible Assets (measured at the time of the incurrence of any such Capitalized Lease Obligations or Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness), in each case less the amount of any refinancing Capitalized Lease Obligations and Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clause (xiii) below; provided, that no Indebtedness may be incurred pursuant to this clause (v) in order to finance any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of the New Mold Line; (vi) contingent liabilities arising out of endorsements of checks and other negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business; (vii) guaranties of any Indebtedness permitted under this subsection 8.2.3; (viii) Indebtedness in respect of Intercompany Loans; (ix) unsecured Derivative Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of the Loans hereunder; (x) [intentionally omitted]; (xi) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; (xii) Indebtedness not included in paragraphs (i) through (xi) above which does not exceed at any time, in the aggregate, $15,000,000; (xiii) subject to the limitations set forth in subsection 8.2.6, refinancings of any Indebtedness permitted under the foregoing clauses (i) through (xii) of this subsection 8.2.3, so long as (a) such refinancing Indebtedness has a maximum principal amount not in excess of the sum of the principal amount of, and accrued interest in respect of, the Indebtedness being refinanced at the time of refinancing, plus reasonable direct expenses of such refinancing, (b) the refinancing Indebtedness is secured only by Liens on assets, if any, that secured the Indebtedness being refinanced, (c) the average weighted average life to maturity of the refinancing Indebtedness is not shorter than that of the Indebtedness being refinanced, (d) the refinancing Indebtedness has terms that are not more adverse in any material respect to Agent, Lenders or the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary of a Borrower than the Indebtedness being refinanced (it being understood that the foregoing restriction shall not prohibit refinancing Indebtedness from having (1) a term that is longer, or that ends later, than the term of the Indebtedness being refinanced or (2) a then current market rate of interest that is not more than 200 basis points higher than the interest rate applicable to the Indebtedness being refinanced), (e) if such Indebtedness being refinanced is Subordinated Debt, any such refinancing Indebtedness includes subordination terms that are at least as beneficial to Agent and Lenders as the subordination terms associated with such Subordinated Debt being refinanced, (f) if any of the Liens securing such Indebtedness being refinanced are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations, the Liens securing any such refinancing Indebtedness are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to terms that are at least as beneficial to Agent and Lenders as the terms associated with the Liens securing such Indebtedness being refinanced and (g) if such Indebtedness being refinanced is the Indebtedness evidenced by the Secured Bonds, any such refinancing Indebtedness shall be subject to an intercreditor agreement that is at least as beneficial to Agent and Lenders as the terms of the Secured Bond Intercreditor Agreement; and (xiv) Indebtedness incurred where (a) average Availability (as determined by Agent in its reasonable credit judgment) for the thirty (30) day period ending on the date of any such incurrence of Indebtedness (giving effect to such incurrence of Indebtedness and the consummation of any transactions occurring in connection therewith for each day in such thirty (30) day period) is not less than $25,000,000 and (b) actual Availability (as determined by Agent in its reasonable credit judgment) on the date of any such incurrence of Indebtedness, after giving effect to such incurrence of Indebtedness and the consummation of any transactions occurring in connection therewith, is not less than $25,000,000.
Total Net Leverage Ratio Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall not permit the Total Net Leverage Ratio on the last day of any Test Period to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite the last day of such Test Period:
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Maximum Leverage Ratio The Borrower shall not permit its Leverage Ratio to be greater than 2.75 to 1.00 as at the end of each fiscal quarter.
Total Leverage Ratio The Borrowers will not permit the Total Leverage Ratio on the last day of any fiscal quarter to exceed 3.75 to 1.00.
Cash Flow Leverage Ratio The Borrower will not permit the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio on the last day of any fiscal quarter to exceed 3.50 to 1.00.
Measurement Period In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to:
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Permit the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending on or after September 30, 2008 to be greater than 3.5 to 1.0.