Interest Expense means for any fiscal period, interest expense (whether cash or non-cash) determined in accordance with GAAP for the relevant period ending on such date, including, in any event, interest expense with respect to any Credit Extension and other Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation or duplication, all commissions, discounts, or related amortization and other fees and charges with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and the net costs associated with interest rate swap, cap, and similar arrangements, and the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation (including leases of all types).
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense means, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period excluding, however, any interest expense not payable in Cash (including amortization of discount and amortization of debt issuance costs).
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Interest Expense means, for any period with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, interest expense minus capitalized interest and interest income for such period, in each case determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Interest Expenses means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, of all interest accruing on the Indebtedness of such Person during such period (including interest attributable to Capital Leases).
Cash Interest Expense means, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of (a) interest on any debt paid by the increase in the principal amount of such debt including by issuance of additional debt of such kind, (b) items described in clause (c) of the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” and (c) gross interest income of the Designated Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.
Consolidated Depreciation Expense means, for any period, the depreciation expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Cash Interest Charges means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, that portion of Consolidated Interest Charges that is either paid or required to be paid in cash during such period, but excluding prepayment or similar premiums paid in connection with any prepayment, repurchase or redemption of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness.
Unsecured Interest Expense means, for any period, all Consolidated Interest Expense for such period attributable to Unsecured Indebtedness.
Consolidated Amortization Expense means, for any period, the amortization expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Cumulative Interest Expense means, in respect of any Restricted Payment, the sum of the aggregate amount of Consolidated Interest Expense of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period from and after January 1, 2005 to the end of the Issuer’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available and immediately preceding the proposed Restricted Payment.
Interest Expense Coverage Ratio means, for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.
Total Interest Expense means, for any period, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of interest accrued during such period in respect of Indebtedness (including the interest component of rentals in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis), other than obligations under any Guarantee permitted under subparagraph (x) of Section 7.16, (ii) the aggregate amount of fees accrued in respect of the Letters of Credit hereunder during such period and (iii) the aggregate amount of Commitment Fees accrued hereunder during such period. For purposes of this definition, the amount of interest accrued in respect of Indebtedness for any period (A) shall be increased (to the extent not already treated as interest expense or income, as the case may be) by the excess, if any, of amounts payable by the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary arising under any interest rate Swap Contract during such period over amounts receivable by the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary thereunder (or reduced by the excess, if any, of such amounts receivable over such amounts payable) and interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP and (B) shall be increased or reduced, as the case may be, by the amount of interest accrued during such period in respect of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of assets acquired or disposed of (including by means of any redesignation of any Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(c)) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the first day of such period, determined on a pro forma basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that it shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such pro forma calculations may be based upon GAAP as applied in the preparation of the financial statements for the Company, delivered in accordance with Section 7.01 rather than as applied in the financial statements of the Person whose assets were acquired and may include, in the Company’s discretion, a reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisitions or dispositions, as though the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary acquired or disposed of such assets on the first day of such period.
Consolidated Capital Expenditures means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures of Company and its Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “purchase of property and equipment” or similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow means, for any period, an amount (if positive) equal to: (i) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus (b) the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment, minus (ii) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period paid in cash from operating cash flow of (a) scheduled repayments of Indebtedness for borrowed money and scheduled repayments of obligations under Capital Leases (excluding any interest expense portion thereof), (b) Consolidated Capital Expenditures (net of any proceeds of (y) any related financings with respect to such expenditures and (z) any sales of assets used to finance such expenditures), (c) Consolidated Interest Expense, (d) provisions for current taxes based on income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and payable in cash with respect to such period, (e) the aggregate amount of consideration to be paid in cash during such period for Permitted Acquisitions to the extent not financed (x) by incurring Indebtedness that, in accordance with GAAP, constitutes a long-term liability, (y) with the Net Asset Sale Proceeds or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds of prepayment events described in Section 2.14 hereof or (z) with the proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests, (f) the amount of any expenses related to severance costs, facility closure and related restructuring costs incurred in connection with the Acquisition and paid within 18 months of the Closing Date by any of Holdings, Borrower or its Subsidiaries which expenses are not otherwise deducted in calculating the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as a result of the application of purchase accounting principles and (g) the amount of any costs, fees, expenses and one time payments made related to any Permitted Acquisition and paid within 18 months of the date of consummation of such Permitted Acquisition by any of Holdings, Borrower or its Subsidiaries which expenses are not otherwise deducted in calculating the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Interest Charges means, for any period, for the Consolidated Group, all interest expense, including the amortization of debt discount and premium, the interest component under capital leases and the implied interest component under Securitization Transactions, in each case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Funded Indebtedness (i) obligations under any derivative transaction or other Hedging Agreement, (ii) undrawn Letters of Credit, (iii) Earn-Outs to the extent not then due and payable and if not recognized as debt on the balance sheet in accordance with GAAP and (iv) leases that would be characterized as operating leases in accordance with GAAP on the date hereof.
Consolidated Cash Balance means, at any time, the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, treasury bonds and bills, certificates of deposit, investments in money market funds and commercial paper, in each case held by the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.