property acquired in connection with which such obligation was created or assumed and fixed improvements, if any, thereto or erected or constructed thereon and the proceeds thereof.
The term “Railway Properties” means all main and branch lines of railway located in Canada or the United States, including all real property used as the right of way for such lines.
The term “Railroad Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary whose principal assets are Railway Properties.
The term “Security Interest” means any security by way of an assignment, mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, encumbrance, title retention agreement or other security interest whatsoever, howsoever created or arising, whether absolute or contingent, fixed or floating, perfected or not, but not including any security interest in respect of a lease which is not a Capital Lease Obligation or any encumbrance that may be deemed to arise solely as a result of entering into an agreement not in violation of the terms of the Indentures to sell or otherwise transfer assets or property.
The term “Shareholders’ Equity” means, with respect to any Person, at any date, the aggregate of the dollar amount of outstanding share capital, the amount, without duplication, of any surplus, whether contributed or capital, and retained earnings, subject to any currency translation adjustment, all as set forth in such Person’s most recent annual consolidated balance sheet.
The term “Significant Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that constitutes a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the U.S. Exchange Act, as amended.
The term “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other Person of which there are owned, directly or indirectly, by or for us or by or for any corporation or other Person in like relation to us, Voting Shares or other interests which, in the aggregate, entitle the holders thereof to cast more than 50% of the votes which may be cast by the holders of all outstanding Voting Shares of such first mentioned corporation or other Person for the election of its directors or, in the case of any Person which is not a corporation, Persons having similar powers or (if there are no such Persons) entitle the holders thereof to more than 50% of the income or capital interests (however called) thereon and includes any corporation in like relation to a Subsidiary.
The term “Voting Shares” means shares of capital stock of any class of a corporation and other interests of any other Persons having under all circumstances the right to vote for the election of the directors of such corporation or in the case of any Person which is not a corporation, Persons having similar powers or (if there are no such Persons) income or capital interests (however called), provided that, for the purpose of this definition, shares or other interests which only carry the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event shall not be considered Voting Shares whether or not such event shall have happened.
Description of the Canadian Debt Securities
Form of Canadian Debt Securities
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, Canadian Debt Securities of a particular series will be issued only in the form of fully registered global securities (the “Global Securities”) to be held by, or on behalf of, CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (“CDS”), as depositary for its Participants (as defined below), and will be registered in the name of CDS or its nominee. Purchasers of Canadian Debt Securities represented by Global Securities will not receive Canadian Debt Securities in definitive form unless the Company, in its sole discretion, elects to prepare and deliver definitive securities (the “Definitive Securities”) in fully registered form. Furthermore, if CDS notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue to be depositary in connection with a Global Security, or if CDS ceases to be a clearing agency or otherwise ceases to be eligible to be a depositary, and the Company is unable to find a qualified successor, or if the Company elects, in its sole discretion, to terminate the book-entry system in respect of a Global Security, or if an event of default
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