“OFAC” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.
“Parent Company” means, with respect to a Lender (i) the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y) of such Lender, if any, (ii) with respect to a Foreign Lender, any entity which is a parent of such Foreign Lender, and/or (iii) any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the Equity Interests of such Lender.
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02(a).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(a) liens upon rights-of-way for pipeline purposes;
(b) any statutory or governmental lien or lien arising by operation of law, or any mechanics’, repairmen’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’, carriers’, landlords’, warehousemen’s or similar lien incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not yet due or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any undetermined lien which is incidental to construction, development, improvement or repair; or any right reserved to, or vested in, any municipality or public authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license, permit or by any provision of law, to purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any property;
(c) liens for taxes, assessments, charges and levies which are (i) for the then current year, (ii) not at the time delinquent, or (iii) delinquent but the validity or amount of which is being contested at the time by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(d) liens of, or to secure performance of, leases, other than capital leases, or any lien securing industrial development, pollution control or similar revenue bonds;
(e) any lien upon property or assets acquired or sold by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of defaults on receivables;
(f) any lien in favor of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD; or any lien upon any property or assets of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD permitted under the March 15, 2000 Indenture, or any replacement indenture containing similar terms and conditions with respect thereto;
(g) any lien in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance, or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute, or any debt incurred by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of, or the cost of constructing, developing, repairing or improving, the property or assets subject to such lien;
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