“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued in exchange for, or incurred to extend, renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than intercompany Indebtedness);provided that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the sum of the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged, any committed amounts associated with revolving credit Indebtedness (if the Issuer elected to have such commitment deemed to be incurred at the time of the commitment in accordance with the last paragraph of the definition of “incur”), plus accrued interest and premium (including tender premium) thereon, original issue discount on, and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses incurred in connection therewith;
(2) either (a) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged or (b) all scheduled payments on or in respect of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (other than interest payments) shall be at least 91 days following the final scheduled maturity of the Notes; and if such Indebtedness is Pari Passu Indebtedness and has a final Stated Maturity later than the final Stated Maturity of the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final Stated Maturity later than the final Stated Maturity of the Notes;
(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes (or any Note Guarantee), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes (or such Note Guarantee) on terms at least as favorable to the Holders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and
(4) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, that refinances Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, if any.
“Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Issuer’s common stock sold by the Issuer substantially concurrently with any purchase by the Issuer of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.
“preferred stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.
“Property” means any and all property, whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, or other assets owned, leased or operated by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Qualified Proceeds” means any of the following or any combination of the following:
(1) Cash Equivalents;
(2) the Fair Market Value of assets other than Cash Equivalents that are used or useful in the Permitted Business; and
(3) the Fair Market Value of the Capital Stock of any Person engaged primarily in a Permitted Business if, in connection with the receipt of such Capital Stock, such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such Person is merged or consolidated into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P, or if Moody’s or S&P, or both, shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer (as certified by an Officers’ Certificate setting forth a resolution of its Board of Directors) which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.
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