Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock (a) Create, incur, assume, guarantee, suffer to exist or otherwise become or remain liable with respect to, any Indebtedness, except Permitted Indebtedness, or (b) issue Disqualified Stock.
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock (a) The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”), with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), and the U.S. Borrower will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing the U.S. Borrower may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock or issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the U.S. Borrower’s Interest Coverage Ratio for the U.S. Borrower’s most recently ended Test Period would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of the proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such Test Period; provided, further, that any incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to this clause (a) shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.01(g). (b) The limitations set forth in clause (a) of this Section 6.01 shall not apply to any of the following items: (i) Indebtedness under any Receivables Facility; (ii) Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents; (iii) the incurrence by the U.S. Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by the New Senior Notes issued prior to the Closing Date (including any guarantees thereof by the Subsidiary Guarantors); (iv) [Reserved]; (v) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under any Receivables Facility) existing on the Closing Date; provided that any Indebtedness which is in excess of (x) $10.0 million individually or (y) $50.0 million in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (v) that is not set forth on Schedule 6.01) shall only be permitted under this clause (v) to the extent such Indebtedness is set forth on Schedule 6.01; (vi) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by the U.S. Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the development, construction, purchase, lease (other than the lease, pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions, of property (real or personal), equipment or other fixed or capital assets owned by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as of the Closing Date or acquired by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date in exchange for, or with the proceeds of the sale of, such assets owned by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as of the Closing Date), repairs, additions or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other fixed or capital assets; provided that either (x) at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness or issuance of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (vi), when aggregated with the then outstanding amount of Indebtedness under clause (xv) incurred to refinance Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this clause (vi), does not exceed the greater of (A) $400.0 million and (B) 30% of EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of the time any such Indebtedness is incurred or (y) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness or issuance of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, the U.S. Borrower would be in compliance with a Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio of no greater than 4.50 to 1.00 as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01; (vii) Indebtedness incurred by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit or surety bonds issued in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims; provided that, upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within thirty (30) days following such drawing or incurrence; (viii) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that (A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet shall not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (A)) and (B) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness (other than for those indemnification obligations that are not customarily subject to a cap) shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including noncash proceeds (the fair market value of such noncash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition; (ix) Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the U.S. Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness;
Indebtedness Create, incur, assume, or be liable for any Indebtedness, or permit any Subsidiary to do so, other than Permitted Indebtedness.