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A borrower is seeking to refinance $500 million of Second-Lien debt with $500 million of Senior Unsecured Notes.
How does this 'refinancing' affect the Senior Secured Leverage ratio, assuming EBITDA is constant?
- The ratio decreases because unsecured notes are 'cheaper' capital.
- The ratio remains unchanged because Second-Lien debt is not usually included in Senior Secured Leverage.
- The ratio increases because total debt remains the same but security is removed.
- The ratio increases because Unsecured Notes rank higher than Second-Lien debt in the waterfall.
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