Limited Condition. Transactions Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (including in connection with any calculation that is made on a Pro Forma Basis), in connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of: (a) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which (i) requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test (including the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Secured Net Leverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio and Interest Coverage Ratio), (ii) requires the absence of any Default or Event of Default (or any type of Default or Event of Default) and/or (iii) requires the accuracy of any representation or warranty; or (b) determining compliance with any basket or other condition set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA); in each case, at the option of the Borrower Representative (the Borrower Representative’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, a “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be (A) in the case of any acquisition or other Investment (including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation), any Asset Sale or any assumption or incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock, or any transaction relating thereto, the date (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of entry into a binding letter of intent or the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction (or, solely in connection with an acquisition (including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation) to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies, the date on which a “Rule 2.7 Announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer is made), (B) in the case of any Restricted Debt Payment, at the time (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of delivery of notice with respect to such Restricted Debt Payment or (C) in the case of any other Restricted Payment, at the time (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of the declaration of such Restricted Payment (the applicable date determined pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C), the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) and, at the election of the Borrower Representative, any other Limited Condition Transaction that has not been consummated but with respect to which the Borrower Representative has made an LCT Election, on a Pro Forma Basis as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recently completed Reference Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, UK Holdco or the Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test, basket or condition, such ratio, test, basket or condition shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower Representative has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios, tests, baskets or conditions for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test, basket or condition, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets, tests, ratios and conditions will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. The provisions of this Section 1.4 shall also apply in respect of the incurrence of any Incremental Facility.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Clarivate PLC), Incremental Facility Amendment (CLARIVATE PLC)
Limited Condition. Transactions Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (including in connection with any calculation that is made on a Pro Forma Basis), in In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
of (ai) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which (i) requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test (including the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Secured Net Leverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio and Interest Coverage Ratio), or (ii) requires the absence of any Default or Event of Default (or any type of Default or Event of Default) and/or (iii) requires the accuracy of any representation or warranty; or
(b) determining compliance with any basket or other condition testing availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDAEBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets); , in each case, at the option of the Borrower Representative (the Borrower RepresentativeBorrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, a an “LCT Election”; provided that such election may be revoked by the Borrower at any time prior to the 96 consummation or abandonment of the Limited Condition Transaction in question), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be (A) in the case of any acquisition or other Investment (including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation), any Asset Sale or any assumption or incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock, or any transaction relating thereto, the date (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of entry into a binding letter of intent or the definitive agreements agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into (or, solely in connection with an acquisition (including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation) to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies, the date on which a “Rule 2.7 Announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer is made), (B) in the case of any Restricted Debt Payment, at the time (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of delivery of notice with respect to such Restricted Debt Payment or (C) in the case of any other Restricted Payment, at the time (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of the declaration of such Restricted Payment (the applicable date determined pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C), the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving effect Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) andTransaction, at the election of the Borrower Representative, or any other Limited Condition Transaction that has not been consummated but with respect to which the Borrower Representative has made an LCT Election, on a Pro Forma Basis as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recently completed Reference Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, UK Holdco or the its Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test, basket test or conditionbasket, such ratio, test, test or basket or condition shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower Representative has made an LCT Election and and, following the LCT Test Date, any of the ratios, tests, tests or baskets or conditions for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded would have failed to have been satisfied as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test, basket test or conditionbasket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA EBITDA, Consolidated Interest Expense or Consolidated Total Assets following the LCT Test Date but at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or actionLimited Condition Transaction, such baskets, tests, tests or ratios and conditions will not be deemed to have failed to have been exceeded satisfied as a result of such fluctuations. The provisions of this Section 1.4 shall also apply If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in respect connection with any event or transaction occurring after the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earliest of the incurrence date on which (i) such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated, (ii) the LCT Election is revoked by the Borrower and (iii) the date that the definitive agreement or date for redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment specified in an irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated, expires or passes, as applicable, without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction (a “Subsequent Transaction”) in connection with which a ratio, test or basket availability calculation must be made on a Pro Forma Basis or giving Pro Forma Effect to such Subsequent Transaction, for purposes of determining whether such ratio, test or basket availability has been complied with under this Agreement, any Incremental Facilitysuch ratio, test or basket shall be required to be satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith have been consummated.
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Limited Condition. Transactions Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (including in connection with any calculation that is made on a Pro Forma Basis), in In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
of (ai) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which (i) requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test (including the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Secured Net Leverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio and Interest Coverage Ratio), or (ii) requires the absence of any Default or Event of Default (or any type of Default or Event of Default) and/or (iii) requires the accuracy of any representation or warranty; or
(b) determining compliance with any basket or other condition testing availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDAEBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets); , in each case, at the option of the Borrower Representative (the Borrower RepresentativeBorrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, a an “LCT Election”; provided that such election may be revoked by the Borrower at any time prior to the consummation or abandonment of the Limited Condition Transaction in question), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be (A) in the case of any acquisition or other Investment (including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation), any Asset Sale or any assumption or incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock, or any transaction relating thereto, the date (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of entry into a binding letter of intent or the definitive agreements agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into (or, solely in connection with an acquisition (including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation) to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies, the date on which a “Rule 2.7 Announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer is made), (B) in the case of any Restricted Debt Payment, at the time (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of delivery of notice with respect to such Restricted Debt Payment or (C) in the case of any other Restricted Payment, at the time (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of the declaration of such Restricted Payment (the applicable date determined pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C), the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving effect Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) andTransaction, at the election of the Borrower Representative, or any other Limited Condition Transaction that has not been consummated but with respect to which the Borrower Representative has made an LCT Election, on a Pro Forma Basis as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recently completed Reference Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, UK Holdco or the its Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test, basket test or conditionbasket, such ratio, test, test or basket or condition shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower Representative has made an LCT Election and and, following the LCT Test Date, any of the ratios, tests, tests or baskets or conditions for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded would have failed to have been satisfied as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test, basket test or conditionbasket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA EBITDA, Consolidated Interest Expense or Consolidated Total Assets following the LCT Test Date but at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or actionLimited Condition Transaction, such baskets, tests, tests or ratios and conditions will not be deemed to have failed to have been exceeded satisfied as a result of such fluctuations. The provisions of this Section 1.4 shall also apply If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in respect connection with any event or transaction occurring after the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earliest of the incurrence date on which (i) such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated, (ii) the LCT Election is revoked by the Borrower and (iii) the date that the definitive agreement or date for redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment 85 specified in an irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated, expires or passes, as applicable, without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction (a “Subsequent Transaction”) in connection with which a ratio, test or basket availability calculation must be made on a Pro Forma Basis or giving Pro Forma Effect to such Subsequent Transaction, for purposes of determining whether such ratio, test or basket availability has been complied with under this Agreement, any Incremental Facilitysuch ratio, test or basket shall be required to be satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith have been consummated.
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Limited Condition. Transactions Notwithstanding anything to Acquisitions In the contrary herein (including event that the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in connection with writing that any calculation that proposed Acquisition or other Investment is made on a Pro Forma Basis), in connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition TransactionAcquisition and that the Borrower wishes to test the conditions to such Acquisition or Investment and any Indebtedness that is to be used to finance such Acquisition or Investment in accordance with this Section 1.09, for purposes ofthen the following provisions shall apply:
(a) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which (i) condition to such Limited Condition Acquisition or such Indebtedness that requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test (including the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Secured Net Leverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio and Interest Coverage Ratio), (ii) requires the absence of any that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such Limited Condition Acquisition or the incurrence of such Indebtedness shall be satisfied if (or any type of i) no Default or Event of DefaultDefault shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the execution of the definitive purchase agreement, merger agreement or other acquisition agreement governing such Limited Condition Acquisition (the “LCA Test Date”) and/or and (iiiii) requires the accuracy no Event of Default under any representation of Section 8.01(a), 8.01(f) or warranty; or8.01(g) shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith (including any such additional Indebtedness);
(b) determining compliance with any basket condition to such Limited Condition Acquisition or other condition set forth such Indebtedness that the representations and warranties in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or the incurrence of such Indebtedness shall be deemed satisfied if (including baskets measured i) all representations and warranties in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the LCA Test Date, or if such representation speaks as of an earlier date, as of such earlier date and (ii) as of the date of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, (A) the representations and warranties under the relevant definitive agreement governing such Limited Condition Acquisition as are material to the lenders providing such Indebtedness shall be true and correct, but only to the extent that the Borrower or its applicable Subsidiary has the right to terminate its obligations under such agreement or otherwise decline to close such Limited Condition Acquisition as a percentage result of Consolidated EBITDAa breach of such representations and warranties or the failure of those representations and warranties to be true and correct and (B) certain of the representations and warranties in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents which are customary for similar “funds certain” financings and required by the lenders providing such Indebtedness shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects); ;
(c) any financial ratio test or condition to be tested in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition and the availability of such Indebtedness will be tested as of the LCA Test Date, in each case, at the option of the Borrower Representative (the Borrower Representative’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, a “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be (A) in the case of any acquisition or other Investment (including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation), any Asset Sale or any assumption or incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock, or any transaction relating thereto, the date (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of entry into a binding letter of intent or the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction (or, solely in connection with an acquisition (including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation) to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies, the date on which a “Rule 2.7 Announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer is made), (B) in the case of any Restricted Debt Payment, at the time (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of delivery of notice with respect to such Restricted Debt Payment or (C) in the case of any other Restricted Payment, at the time (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Reference Period at the time) of the declaration of such Restricted Payment (the applicable date determined pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C), the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving effect to the relevant Limited Condition Transaction Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any related incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) and, at the election of the Borrower Representative, any other Limited Condition Transaction that has not been consummated but with respect to which the Borrower Representative has made an LCT ElectionIndebtedness, on a Pro Forma Basis as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recently completed Reference Period ending prior to the LCT Test Datewhere applicable, UK Holdco or the Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratioand, test, basket or condition, such ratio, test, basket or condition shall be deemed to have been complied with. For for the avoidance of doubt, (i) such ratios and baskets shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition and (ii) if the Borrower Representative has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios, tests, baskets such ratios are exceeded or conditions for which compliance was determined or tested as are not met following the LCA Test Date, but prior to the closing of the LCT Test Date are exceeded such Limited Condition Acquisition, as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test, basket ratio or condition, amount (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Acquisition), at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets, tests, ratios and conditions will not be deemed to have been exceeded and such conditions will not be deemed unmet as a result of such fluctuations. The provisions fluctuations solely for purposes of this Section 1.4 shall also apply determining whether the relevant transaction or action is permitted to be consummated or taken;
(d) except as provided in respect the next sentence, in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated and the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated (i) on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including the incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness) have been consummated and (ii) assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including the incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness) have not been consummated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Incremental Facilitycalculation of a ratio in connection with determining the Applicable Margin and determining whether or not the Borrower is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.10 (other than for the purpose of determining pro forma compliance with Section 7.10) shall, in each case be calculated assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including the incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness) have not been consummated;
(e) the foregoing provisions shall apply with similar effect during the pendency of multiple Limited Condition Acquisitions such that each of the possible scenarios is separately tested.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (AdvanSix Inc.)