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).
Interest Expense Coverage Ratio The Borrower will not permit the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA to (ii) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to be less than 3.75 to 1.00.
Interest Expense For any period with respect to Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, without duplication, (a) interest (whether accrued or paid) actually payable (without duplication), excluding non-cash interest expense but including capitalized interest not funded under a construction loan, together with the interest portion of payments actually payable on Capitalized Leases, plus (b) Parent Borrower’s and its respective Subsidiaries’ Equity Percentage of Interest Expense of their Unconsolidated Affiliates for such period.
Consolidated EBITDA With respect to any period, an amount equal to the EBITDA of REIT and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a Consolidated basis.
Minimum Consolidated EBITDA The Borrower will not permit Modified Consolidated EBITDA, for any Test Period ending at the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower set forth below, to be less than the amount set forth opposite such fiscal quarter: Fiscal Quarter Amount September 30, 1997 $36,000,000 December 31, 1997 $36,000,000 March 31, 1998 $36,000,000 June 30, 1998 $37,000,000 September 30, 1998 $37,000,000 December 31, 1998 $38,000,000 March 31, 1999 $38,000,000 June 30, 1999 $39,000,000 September 30, 1999 $40,000,000 December 31, 1999 $41,000,000 March 31, 2000 $41,000,000 June 30, 2000 $42,000,000 September 30, 2000 $43,000,000 December 31, 2000 $44,000,000 March 31, 2001 $44,000,000 June 30, 2001 $45,000,000 September 30, 2001 $46,000,000 December 31, 2001 $47,000,000 March 31, 2002 $47,000,000
Permitted Charges 15.2.1 SPD shall not create or permit to subsist any encumbrance over all or any of its rights and benefits under this Agreement, other than as set forth in Article 15.1 and the Guidelines.
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.
EBITDA The term “EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period, “Consolidated EBITDA” as defined in the Credit Agreement, provided that the following should also be excluded from the calculation of EBITDA to the extent not already excluded from the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA under the Credit Agreement: (i) Non-Cash Charges (as defined in the Credit Agreement) related to any issuances of equity securities; (ii) fees and expenses relating to the Acquisition; (iii) financing fees (both cash and non-cash) relating to the Acquisition; (iv) covenant-not-to-compete payments to certain members of the Company’s senior management and related expenses; (v) expenses (or any portion thereof) incurred outside of the ordinary course of business that are approved by the Board which the Board determines in its good faith discretion are in the best interest of the Company but which will have a disproportionately adverse impact on the Company’s short term financial performance, affecting the Company’s ability to achieve financial targets related to the vesting of the Class C Units under the Incentive Unit Subscription Agreements or the Company’s annual bonus plan; (vi) costs and expenses incurred in connection with evaluating and consummating acquisitions not contemplated by the Company’s annual plan, as such plan is approved by the Board in good faith; (vii) related party expenditures that are subject to the prior written consent of the Majority Executives pursuant to Section 2.3(a) of the Securityholders Agreement but have failed to receive such consent; (viii) advisors’ fees and expenses incurred outside the ordinary course of business related solely to Vestar’s activities that are unrelated to the Company; (ix) costs associated with any put option or call option contemplated by any Rollover Subscription Agreement or Incentive Unit Subscription Agreement; (x) costs associated with any proposed initial Public Offering or Sale of the Company (as such terms are defined in the Securityholders Agreement); (xi) expenses related to any litigation arising from the Acquisition; (x) management fees and costs related to the activities giving rise to such fees that are paid to, paid for or reimbursed to Vestar and its Affiliates; and (xii) material expenditures or incremental expenditures inconsistent with prior practice (to the extent that prior practice is relevant) required by Board (where Management Managers (as defined in the Securityholders Agreement) unanimously dissent) unless such expenditures are reasonably likely to result in any benefit (whether economic or non-economic) to the Company as determined by the Board in its good faith discretion.
Consolidated Capital Expenditures (i) Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or commit to make Consolidated Capital Expenditures in any Fiscal Year, beginning with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2003, except Consolidated Capital Expenditures which do not aggregate in excess of the corresponding amount set forth below opposite such Fiscal Year: Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2003 $ 5,000,000 Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2004 $ 5,000,000 Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2005 and each Fiscal Year thereafter $ 7,000,000 provided that (a) if the aggregate amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures actually made in any such Fiscal Year shall be less than the limit with respect thereto set forth above (before giving effect to any increase therein pursuant to this proviso) (the “Base Amount”), then the amount of such shortfall (up to an amount equal to 50% of the Base Amount for such Fiscal Year, without giving effect to this proviso) may be added to the amount of such Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted for the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year and any such amount carried forward to a succeeding Fiscal Year shall be deemed to be used prior to Company and its Subsidiaries using the amount of capital expenditures permitted by this section in such succeeding Fiscal Year, without giving effect to such carryforward and (b) for any Fiscal Year (or portion thereof) following any acquisition of a business (whether through the purchase of assets or of shares of capital stock) permitted under subsection 6.7, the Base Amount for such Fiscal Year (or portion) shall be increased, for each such acquisition, by an amount equal to the product of (A) the lesser of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) 4% of revenues of the business acquired in such acquisition for the period of four Fiscal Quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date of such business acquisition multiplied by (B) (x) in the case of any partial Fiscal Year, a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days remaining in such Fiscal Year after the date of such business acquisition and the denominator of which is 365 (or 366 in a leap year), and (y) in the case of any full Fiscal Year, 1. (ii) The parties acknowledge and agree that the permitted Consolidated Capital Expenditure level set forth in clause (i) above shall be exclusive of the amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures actually made with the proceeds of a cash capital contribution to Company (including the proceeds of issuance of equity securities) made by Parent from the issuance by Parent of its equity Securities after the Closing Date and specifically identified in a certificate delivered by an Authorized Officer of Company to Administrative Agent on or about the time such capital contribution is made; provided that, to the extent any such cash capital contributions constitute Net Securities Proceeds after the Closing Date, only that portion of such Net Securities Proceeds which is not required to be applied as a prepayment pursuant to Section 2.4B(ii)(c) (or pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement) may be used for Consolidated Capital Expenditures pursuant to this clause (ii).
Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio The Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio will not exceed 4.0 to 1.0 at the end of any fiscal quarter.