Common use of Consolidated Net Interest Coverage Ratio Clause in Contracts

Consolidated Net Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Net Interest Coverage Ratio as at the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company for each fiscal quarter ended after the Closing Date to be less than 3.5 to 1.0; provided that at any time after the definitive agreement for any Qualified Acquisition shall have been executed (or, in the case of a Qualified Acquisition in the form of a tender offer or similar transaction, after the offer shall have been launched) and prior to the consummation of such Qualified Acquisition (or termination of the definitive documentation in respect thereof (or such later date as such Indebtedness ceases to constitute Acquisition Debt)), any Acquisition Debt (and the proceeds of such Acquisition Debt and including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Consolidated Interest Income and Consolidated Interest Expense arising from such Acquisition Debt) shall be excluded from the determination of the Consolidated Net Interest Coverage Ratio).

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Credit Agreement (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.), Credit Agreement (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.)