“Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date” means each day on which interest on the 2027 Notes and the 2031 Notes will be paid, which will be semi-annually in arrears (i) in the case of the 2027 Notes, on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing on January 15, 2025, and, (ii) in the case of the 2031 Notes, on June 18 and December 18 of each year, commencing on December 18, 2024, and, in each case, at maturity.
“Floating Rate Interest Payment Date” means each day on which interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be paid, which will be quarterly in arrears on January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on October 15, 2024, and at maturity.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, including those set forth 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 in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, consistently applied.
“Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each certificated Note deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the forms of Exhibit A, Exhibit B and Exhibit C hereto and each of which has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto. As of the date of this Supplemental Indenture, all of the Notes are represented by one or more Global Notes.
“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements and (ii) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest or currency exchange rates.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any indebtedness of such Person in respect of borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP (but does not include contingent liabilities which appear only in a footnote to a balance sheet).
“Indenture” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble hereto.
“Initial Interest Period” means the period from and including the date of this Supplemental Indenture to, but excluding, the first Floating Rate Interest Payment Date.
“Initial Notes” means (i) with respect to Floating Rate Notes, the first $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Floating Rate Notes, (ii) with respect to the 2027 Notes, the first $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2027 Notes and (iii) with respect to the 2031 Notes, the first $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2031 Notes, in each case, issued under the Indenture on the date hereof.
“Interest Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the second U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date.
“Interest Period” means, after the Initial Interest Period, the period from and including a Floating Rate Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the immediately succeeding Floating Rate Interest Payment Date (such succeeding Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, the “Latter Floating Rate Interest Payment Date”); provided that the final Interest Period for the Floating Rate Notes will be the period from and including the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the maturity date of the Floating Rate Notes to, but excluding, the maturity date.
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