“Proceeding” means any actual or threatened claim (including a claim of a violation of applicable Law), charge, cause of action, action, audit, arbitration, demand, litigation, suit, proceeding, investigation, grievance, citation, summons, subpoena, inquiry, hearing, originating application to a tribunal, arbitration or other proceeding at Law or in equity or order or ruling, in each case whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, whether in contract, in tort or otherwise, and whether or not such claim, charge, cause of action, action, audit, arbitration, demand, litigation, suit, proceeding, investigation grievance, citation, summons, subpoena, inquiry, hearing, originating application to a tribunal, arbitration or other proceeding or order or ruling results in a formal civil or criminal litigation or regulatory action.
“Production Burdens” means any royalties (including lessor’s royalties), overriding royalties, production payments, net profit interests or other similar interests that constitute a burden on, and are measured by or are payable out of, the production of Hydrocarbons or the proceeds realized from the sale or other disposition thereof (including any amounts payable to publicly traded royalty trusts), but excluding Taxes.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement to be entered into as of the Closing by and among New PubCo and certain stockholders of the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.
“Release” means any depositing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, placing, emitting, discarding, abandoning, emptying, discharging, migrating, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the indoor or outdoor environment.
“Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, the officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants, agents, legal counsel, financial advisors and other representatives of such Person.
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933
“Series I Preferred Stockholder” means Independence Energy Aggregator GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Subject Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2019, by and among the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, any Person, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which (a) at least 50% of the securities or ownership interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions (provided, that, for purposes of this Agreement, prior to the Closing, each of New PubCo, C Merger Sub, OpCo and L Merger Sub shall be deemed to be Subsidiaries of Isla), (b) a general partner interest or (c) a managing member interest, is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the subject Person or by one or more of its respective Subsidiaries.
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