“Business Day” means (a) each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, or (b) a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is not closed for business.
“Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Senior Indebtedness” means any obligation of the Company to its creditors, whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred, other than any obligation where, in the instrument creating or evidencing the obligation or pursuant to which the obligation is outstanding, it is provided that the obligation is not Senior Indebtedness. Senior Indebtedness includes, without limitation:
a. the principal (and premium, if any) of and interest in respect of indebtedness of the Company for purchased or borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by securities, notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses;
b. all capital lease obligations of the Company;
c. all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any conditional sale or title retention agreement, but excluding trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business;
d. all obligations of the Company arising from off-balance sheet guarantees and direct credit substitutes, including obligations in respect of any letters of credit, bankers’ acceptance, security purchase facilities and similar credit transactions;
e. all obligations of the Company associated with derivative products, including obligations in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate future or options contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other similar agreements;
f. all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (e) of other persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise;
g. all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f) of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company; and
h. any deferrals, renewals or extensions of any obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Senior Indebtedness does not include:
a. the 2031 Notes;
b. trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business; and
c. any indebtedness that by its terms is subordinated to, or ranks on an equal basis with, the 2031 Notes.
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