Interest Coverage Test; Decrease of Permitted Leverage Ratio. If the Borrower shall fail to maintain, for any two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters, determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, an Interest Coverage Ratio equaling or exceeding the then applicable Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio (the “Interest Coverage Test”), then the Permitted Leverage Ratio for the same fiscal quarter with respect to which the Borrower shall have so failed the Interest Coverage Test (i.e., the second of any such two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters, which quarter is herein referred to as the “Coverage Test Failure Quarter”), shall be decreased as follows: (i) if the Permitted Leverage Ratio for the fiscal quarter preceding such Coverage Test Failure Quarter was 60%, the Permitted Leverage Ratio shall be decreased by 5% to 55%; and (ii) if the Permitted Leverage Ratio for the fiscal quarter preceding such Coverage Test Failure Quarter was less than 60%, the Permitted Leverage Ratio shall be decreased by 2.5%.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.), Credit Agreement (M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.), Credit Agreement (M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.)
Interest Coverage Test; Decrease of Permitted Leverage Ratio. If at any time the Borrower shall fail to maintain, for any two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters, determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, an Interest Coverage Ratio equaling or exceeding the then applicable Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio (the “Interest Coverage Test”), then the Permitted Leverage Ratio for the same fiscal quarter with respect to which the Borrower shall have so failed the Interest Coverage Test (i.e., the second of any such two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters, which quarter is herein referred to as the “Coverage Test Failure Quarter”), shall be decreased as follows: (i) if the Permitted Leverage Ratio for the fiscal quarter preceding such Coverage Test Failure Quarter was 60%, the Permitted Leverage Ratio shall be decreased by 5% to 55%; and (ii) if the Permitted Leverage Ratio for the fiscal quarter preceding such Coverage Test Failure Quarter was less than 60%, the Permitted Leverage Ratio shall be decreased by 2.5%.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (MDC Holdings Inc), Credit Agreement (MDC Holdings Inc)