man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture at the request of any of the holders of notes unless they have offered to the trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs and liabilities that it may incur. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. serves as trustee under the indentures for all of our and our Subsidiaries’ existing notes and debentures.
Governing Law
The indenture, the guarantee and the notes will be governed by New York law.
Certain Definitions
“Attributable Debt” means, with respect to any sale and lease-back transaction as of any particular time, the present value discounted at a rate of interest implicit in the terms of the lease of the obligations of the lessee under such lease for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessee, be extended).
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means the aggregate of all outstanding Funded Indebtedness of ours and our consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total assets appearing on a consolidated balance sheet of a Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries less: (1) intangible assets; (2) current and accrued liabilities (other than Consolidated Funded Indebtedness and capitalized rentals or leases), deferred credits, deferred gains and deferred income; and (3) reserves.
“Default” means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute.
“Funded Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that matures more than one year after the date as of which Funded Indebtedness is being determined less any such Indebtedness as will be retired through or by means of any deposit or payment required to be made within one year from such date under any prepayment provision, sinking fund, purchase fund, or otherwise.
“Guarantor” means the partnership and any Subsidiary or other affiliate of us that may execute the indenture, or a supplement thereto, for the purpose of providing a guarantee of debt securities pursuant to the indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the indenture, and thereafter “Guarantor” shall mean such successor Person.
“Indebtedness” means indebtedness that is for money borrowed from others.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.
“Principal Property” means any natural gas or NGLs pipeline, gathering or storage property or facility located in the United States, except any such property that in the opinion of the board of directors of Boardwalk GP, LLC is not of material importance to the total business conducted by us and our consolidated Subsidiaries.
“Reporting Failure” means the failure of us or the partnership to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after we are or the partnership is required to file the same with the SEC within the time periods specified in the
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