“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state, provincial and local laws, statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“Lender” means each Person executing this Agreement as a Lender on the Closing Date and any other Person that shall have become a party to this Agreement as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any Person that ceases to be a party hereto as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness outstanding on the specified date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the specified four Fiscal Quarter period.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any Capital Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement, each Note, the Fee Letters, and all other agreements, certificates, documents, instruments and writings at any time delivered in connection herewith or therewith (exclusive of term sheets and commitment letters).
“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a Conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, pursuant toSection 2.03, or (c) a Continuation of Eurodollar Loans, pursuant toSection 2.03, which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form ofExhibit C.
“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“Majority Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the principal amount of the Loans then outstanding; provided that the principal amount of Loans held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded in determining whether Majority Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder or any other Loan Document.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on (i) the results of operations, business, financial condition or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, or (iii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement (except to the extent it terminates in accordance with the provisions thereof) or the Notes.
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