“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Executive Vice President—Finance, the Vice President—Finance, the Controller, any Executive Vice President or Vice President, the General Counsel, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and delivered to, the Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Guarantor, the “Officer’s Certificate” may be executed by any one of the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Guarantor, the Guarantor’s general partner or the Guarantor’s member.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or any Guarantor, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
“Paying Agent” means any Person (including the Company) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, including any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security, evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for a mutilated Security or in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
“Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over the Capital Stock of any other class in such Person.
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the February 1 or August 1, as the case may be (whether or not a Business Day), immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that has not been designated by the Board of Directors of the Company by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with this Indenture.
“Senior Debt” means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding under any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy law, whether or not such interest is allowed or allowable under such proceeding) on any Debt of the Company and all other monetary obligations of every kind or nature (including, but not limited to, fees, indemnities and expenses) due on or in connection with any such Debt (other than as otherwise provided in this definition), whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, and whether at any time owing, actually or contingent, unless, in the case of any particular Debt, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Debt shall not be senior in right of payment to the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior Debt” shall (x) include the Credit Agreement and the Floor Plan Facilities and any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Hedging Agreement and Commodity Price Protection Agreement of the Company to the extent the Company is a party thereto and (y) not include: (i) Debt evidenced by the Securities, (ii) the 3.75% Notes, the 5.75% Notes, the 5.375% Notes, the 5.50% Notes and any other Debt that, by its express terms or by the express terms of the agreement or instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Debt of the Company, (iii) Debt which, when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11 United States Code, is without recourse to the Company, (iv) Debt which is represented by Redeemable Capital Stock, (v) any liability for foreign, federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company to the extent such liability constitutes Debt, (vi) Debt of the Company to a Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of the Company (other than Mitsui & Co. (USA),