Consolidated EBITDA will be adjusted, without duplication, to give pro forma effect: (x) in the case of any assets having been placed-in-service or removed from service since the beginning of the period and on or prior to the date of determination, to include or exclude, as the case may be, any Consolidated EBITDA earned or eliminated as a result of the placement of such assets in service or removal of such assets from service as if the placement of such assets in service or removal of such assets from service occurred at the beginning of the period; and (y) in the case of any acquisition or disposition of any asset or group of assets since the beginning of the period and on or prior to the date of determination, including, without limitation, by merger, or stock or asset purchase or sale, to include or exclude, as the case may be, any Consolidated EBITDA earned or eliminated as a result of the acquisition or disposition of those assets as if the acquisition or disposition occurred at the beginning of the period. For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA, all amounts shall be as reasonably determined by an Issuer, and in accordance with GAAP except to the extent that GAAP is not applicable, including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of extraordinary, non-cash or non-recurring items.
“Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities or commercial paper facilities (providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, other loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit) or debt securities, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, agreements relating to swap or other hedging obligations, and other instruments, agreements and documents executed in connection therewith, in each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured or otherwise refinanced in whole or in part from time to time by one or more agreements, facilities (whether or not in the form of a debt facility or commercial paper facility) or instruments.
“Existing Notes” means the Issuers’ 3.350% Senior Notes due 2024, 5.250% Senior Notes due 2025, 5.375% Senior Notes due 2026, 5.750% Senior Notes due 2028, 5.30% Senior Notes due 2029, 4.000% Senior Notes due 2030, 4.000% Senior Notes due 2031, 3.250% Senior Notes due 2032 and 6.750% Senior Notes due 2033.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc. doing business as Fitch Ratings, or any successor thereto.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth as of the relevant date in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession), including, without limitation, any Accounting Standards Codifications, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination; provided that if, as of a particular date as of which compliance with the covenants contained in this Indenture is being determined, there have been changes in generally accepted accounting principles from those that applied to the consolidated financial statements of either Issuer or the Guarantor for the year ended December 31, 2023, the Issuers may, in their sole discretion, determine compliance with the covenants contained in this Indenture using generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, as in effect as of the end of any fiscal quarter selected by the Issuers, in its sole discretion, that is on or after December 31, 2023 and prior to the date as of which compliance with the covenants in this Indenture is being determined
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