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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.

No definition available.

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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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Interest Coverage Ratio

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Ratio of Indebtedness to Current Earnings

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

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Floor rate on an interest rate derivative such as an interest rate floor or collar. If market rates falls below the floor rate, a payment or receipt is triggered on the contract.

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.

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