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In a 'PIK Toggle' scenario, if a company switches from cash-pay to PIK, what is the most likely immediate impact on its Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR)?

  1. The DSCR worsens because total interest expense on the Income Statement remains just as high.
  2. The DSCR improves significantly because cash interest (a denominator in many DSCR variations) decreases.
  3. The DSCR stays unchanged because EBITDA, the ratio's numerator, is unaffected by the toggle election.
  4. The DSCR is no longer a meaningful metric since the company carries no cash-pay debt service obligations at all.

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