costs; (iii) deferred charges (other than prepaid items such as insurance, taxes, interest, commissions, rents, deferred interest waiver, compensation and similar items and tangible assets being amortized); and (iv) unamortized debt discount and expense, less unamortized premium.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB −(or the equivalent) by S&P or an equivalent rating by any Successor Rating Agency.
“Investment Grade Status”, in respect of any series of debt security, means that the debt securities of such series shall have an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies, provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
“Issue Date” with respect to a series of the debt securities means the date of initial issuance of that series of debt securities.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset or property, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset or property, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof); provided, that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Original Issue Discount Security” means any debt security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to the Indenture.
“Parent” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which such Person is a direct or indirect Subsidiary.
“Parent Support Agreement” means the Support Agreement, dated November 4, 2011, between CNH Capital LLC and CNH Global N.V., relating to certain financial support provided by CNH Global N.V. to CNH Capital LLC, as supplemented by that certain Supplemental Support Agreement, dated September 27, 2013, by and among CNH Industrial Capital LLC, CNH Global N.V. and the CNH Industrial N.V.
“Permitted Holders” means each of:
(a)
CNHI (including, for the avoidance of doubt, its successors in interest, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise);
(b)
any Person that is a Subsidiary of CNHI (including, for the avoidance of doubt, its successors in interest, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) for so long as such Person continues to be a Subsidiary of CNHI; and
(c)
any Parent of CNHI (including, for the avoidance of doubt, its successors in interest, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) (provided that in the case of this clause (c), at all times, the Company shall also be a direct or indirect Subsidiary of CNHI (including, for the avoidance of doubt, its successors in interest, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise)).
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, trust, joint venture or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“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.
“Rating Agencies” mean Moody’s and S&P; provided that if S&P, Moody’s or any Successor Rating Agency (as defined below) shall cease to be in the business of providing rating services for debt securities generally, the Company shall be entitled to replace any such Rating Agency or Successor Rating Agency, as the case may be, which has ceased to be in the business of providing rating services for debt securities generally with a security rating agency which is in the business of providing rating services for debt securities generally and which is nationally recognized in the United States (such rating agency, a “Successor Rating Agency”).