foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon an unconsolidated balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP (but does not include contingent liabilities which appear only in a footnote to a balance sheet); provided that Indebtedness shall exclude (i) Indebtedness that is required to be converted at, or prior to, maturity into equity securities of the Parent Guarantor, and (ii) advances and overdrafts in respect of cash pooling and multi-currency notional pooling programs.
“Independent Investment Banker” means an independent investment institution of national standing, which may be one of the Reference Bond Dealers or their respective affiliates, selected by the Issuer.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.
“Initial Purchasers” means BofA Securities Europe SA, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Lloyds Securities Inc., Mizuho International plc, MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V., SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Europe GmbH, Scotiabank Europe plc, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, PNC Capital Markets LLC, NatWest Markets Plc, Wells Fargo Securities International Limited, TD Global Finance unlimited company, Danske Bank A/S, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., DBS Bank Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, ING Bank N.V., Belgian Branch, KBC Bank NV, Drexel Hamilton, LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC.
“Interest” means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s; BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P; and BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional rating agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Issuer.
“Issue Date” means September 9, 2021.
“Legal Holiday” means (a) a day that is not a TARGET Settlement Date and (b) a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions are authorized or required to be closed in New York, New York or London, United Kingdom and, for any place of payment outside of New York, New York, or London, United Kingdom, in such place of payment.
“Lien” means any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest).
“LuxSE” means the Euro MTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
“Market Exchange Rate” means the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of Euros as certified for customs purposes (or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the United States Federal Reserve Board.
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