Measuring Compliance. (a) With respect to:
Measuring Compliance. (a) With respect to any (x) Investment or acquisition, in each case, for which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer may not terminate its obligations (or may not do so without incurring significant expense) due to a lack of financing for such Investment or acquisition (whether by merger, consolidation or other business combination or the acquisition of Capital Stock or otherwise), as applicable, and (y) repayment, repurchase, or refinancing of Indebtedness with respect to which an irrevocable notice of repayment (or similar irrevocable notice), which may be conditional, has been delivered, in each case, for purposes of determining:
Measuring Compliance. (a) When calculating the availability under any basket or ratio under this Indenture, including, without limitation, the Consolidated Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio and the Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Cash Flow Ratio, in each case in connection with the Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto, the date of determination of such basket or ratio and of any default or event of default blocker shall, at the option of Cedar Fair, be the date the Merger Agreement was entered into and such baskets or ratios shall be calculated on a pro forma basis 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) as if they occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period, and, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) if any such ratios are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated Cash Flow of Cedar Fair or Six Flags) at or prior to the consummation of the Limited Condition Transaction, such ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Transaction is permitted hereunder and (y) such ratios shall not be tested at the time of consummation of the Limited Condition Transaction or related transactions; provided further, that if Cedar Fair elects to have such determinations occur at the time of entry into the Merger Agreement, any such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred on the date the Merger Agreement was entered and outstanding thereafter for purposes of subsequently calculating any ratios under this Indenture after the date of the Merger Agreement and before the consummation of the Limited Condition Transaction and to the extent baskets were utilized in satisfying any covenants, such baskets shall be deemed utilized, but any calculation of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated Net Income for purposes of other incurrences of Indebtedness or Liens or making of Restricted Payments (not related to the Limited Condition Transaction) shall not reflect the Limited Condition Transaction until it is closed.
Measuring Compliance. (a) With respect to (x) any Limited Condition Transaction and (y) any repayment, repurchase or refinancing of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock with respect to which an irrevocable notice of repayment has been delivered (an “Irrevocable Repayment”):
Measuring Compliance. The following provision regarding Measuring Compliance is hereby added as a new Section 4.18 of the Indenture:
Measuring Compliance. (a) With respect to any (x) Restricted Payment, Investment, acquisition, merger, amalgamation or similar transaction and (y) repayment, repurchase or refinancing of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock with respect to which a notice of repayment (or similar notice), which may be conditional, has been delivered (each transaction referred to in clause (x) and (y), a “Tested Transaction”), in each case for purposes of determining:
Measuring Compliance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture (except as set forth in the proviso to Section 4.09(c)(1)), in the event any item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, Lien, Permitted Lien, Restricted Payment, Permitted Investment or other transaction or action (any of the foregoing in a single transaction or a series of substantially concurrent related transactions) meets the criteria of one or more than one categories (or subcategories within any category) of exceptions, thresholds or baskets under this Indenture (including within any defined terms), including any financial ratio based exceptions, thresholds or baskets (including the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Total Net Leverage Ratio), (1) the Issuer will, in its sole discretion, be entitled to divide and classify and later re-divide and reclassify on or more occasions (based on circumstances existing on the date of any such re-division and reclassification) any such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, Lien, Permitted Lien, Restricted Payment, Permitted Investment or other transaction or action, in whole or in part, among one or more than one categories (or subcategories within any category) of exceptions, thresholds or baskets under this Indenture, and (2) availability and utilization of any category (or subcategories within any category) of financial ratio based exceptions, thresholds and baskets (i.e., incurrence-based exceptions, thresholds and baskets) shall first be calculated without giving effect to the amount or portion of any item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, Lien, Permitted Lien, Restricted Payment, Permitted Investment or other transaction or action to be utilized under any other category (or subcategories within any category) of exceptions, thresholds and baskets (excluding financial ratio-based or incurrence-based baskets) (including all exceptions, thresholds and baskets based on fixed Dollar amounts or a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or total assets) at such time of determination (including at the time of any initial division and classification and any later re- divisions and reclassifications) and thereafter, availability and utilization of any category (or subcategories within any category) of exceptions, thresholds and baskets that are not financial ratio based (including all exceptions, thresholds and baskets based on fixed Dollar amounts or a percentage of Cons...
Measuring Compliance. (a) When calculating the availability under any basket or ratio under this Indenture or compliance with any provision of this Indenture in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales), in each case, at the option of the Company (the Company’s election to exercise such option, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination for availability under any such basket or ratio and whether any such action or transaction is permitted (or any requirement or condition therefor is complied with or satisfied (including as to the absence of any continuing Default or Event of Default)) under this Indenture shall be deemed to be the date (the “LCT Test Date”) the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (or, if applicable, the date of delivery of an irrevocable notice, declaration of a Restricted Payment or similar event), if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales) and any related pro forma adjustments and, at the election of the Company, any other acquisition or similar Investment, Restricted Payment or Asset Sale that has not been consummated but with respect to which the Company has elected to test any applicable condition prior to the date of consummation in accordance with this paragraph, as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recently completed four fiscal quarter period, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries could have taken such actions or consummated such transactions on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket (and any related requirements and conditions), such ratio, test or basket (and any related requirements and conditions) shall be deemed to have been complied with (or satisfied) for all purposes (in the case of Indebtedness, for example, whether such Indebtedness is committed, issued or incurred at the LCT Test Date or at any time thereafter); provided that (i) if financial sta...
Measuring Compliance. With respect to any (x) Investment or acquisition, in each case the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing and (y) repayment, repurchase or refinancing of Indebtedness with respect to which a notice of repayment (or similar notice), which may be conditional, has been delivered, in each case for purposes of determining:
Measuring Compliance. (a) With respect to any (x) Restricted Payment, Investment, acquisition, merger, amalgamation, or similar transaction and (y) repayment, repurchase or refinancing of Debt, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock with respect to which a notice of repayment (or similar notice), which may be conditional, has been delivered, in each case for purposes of determining: (i) whether any Debt that is being incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being issued in connection with such Restricted Payment, Investment, acquisition, merger, amalgamation, or similar transaction or repayment, repurchase or refinancing of Debt, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is permitted to be incurred in compliance with the covenant described under Section 4.08; (ii) whether any Lien being incurred in connection with such Restricted Payment, Investment, acquisition, merger, amalgamation, or similar transaction, or repayment, repurchase or refinancing of Debt, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock or to secure any such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred in accordance with the covenant described under Section 4.10 or the definition of “Permitted Liens”;
