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Equivalent percentage prepaid as required by the Term Loan Facility Related to Net Cash Proceeds of Issuance of Certain Debt Obligations or Receivables Based Financing by Company and Its Subsidiaries.

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Equivalent percentage prepaid as required by the Term Loan Facility Subject to Reduction to Lower Percentage Based on Company Leverage Ratio.

No definition available.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

No definition available.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

No definition available.