its listed debt securities following the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities or debt securities, respectively, on a national securities exchange and in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination shall not constitute Initial Public Company Costs.
“Interest Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.
“Interest Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.
“Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of this Debenture, regardless of any transfers of this Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence this Debenture.
“Joint Venture” means (a) any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Company that would constitute an “equity method investee” of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) any Person other than an individual or a Subsidiary of the Company in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary holds or acquires a beneficial ownership interest (by way of ownership of Equity Interests or other evidence of ownership) in such Person.
“Laws” means, collectively, all applicable international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“LCA Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e) hereof.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance having the effect of security, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Limited Condition Acquisition” means any acquisition, including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation, by one or more of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assets, business or Person not prohibited hereby whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third-party acquisition financing and which is designated as a Limited Condition Acquisition by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in writing to the Holder.
“Manulife” means Manulife Investment Management Limited.
“Market Disruption Event” means (a) a failure by the Trading Market to open for trading during its regular trading session or (b) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.
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