“Interest Rate Hedge” means an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreements entered into by any Loan Party and/or its Subsidiaries in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, such Loan Party and/or its Subsidiaries of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.
“Interest Rate Hedge Obligations” means the Indebtedness of a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries owing to the provider of any Interest Rate Hedge. For purposes of this Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents, all Interest Rate Hedge Obligations of any Loan Party or Subsidiary that is party to any Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge shall be “Obligations” hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, except to the extent constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person, and the Liens securing such Interest Rate Hedge Obligations shall be pari passu with the Liens securing all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, subject to the express provisions of Section 2.10 hereof.
“International Trade Laws” means all Laws enforced by a Compliance Authority relating to export controls, customs and anti-boycott measures.
“Investment” of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable and/or accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business payable in accordance with customary practices and loans to employees in the ordinary course of business), Acquisition or equity investment or contribution of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests, notes, debentures or other securities owned by such Person.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Issuer” means (a) the Administrative Agent in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit under this Agreement and (b) any other Lender which the Administrative Agent in its discretion shall designate as the issuer of and cause to issue any particular Letter of Credit under this Agreement in place of the Administrative Agent as issuer and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
“Junior Debt” means (i) the Term Loan Obligations, (ii) any other Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on any Collateral ranking junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing any of the Obligations, (iii) any unsecured Indebtedness, (iv) Subordinated Indebtedness and (v) any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, renew, refinance, replace, defease or refund (whether by tender offer, open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in each case, including by exchange offers and private exchanges) any of the foregoing.
“Latest Maturity Date” means with respect to the issuance of Equity Interests, the latest maturity date applicable to the Credit Facility as determined on the date such Equity Interests are issued.
“Law” means any law(s) (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, opinion, release, ruling, order, executive order, injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment, authorization or approval, lien or award, or any settlement arrangement, by agreement, consent or otherwise, of any Governmental Authority, foreign or domestic.
“Lender-Provided Foreign Currency Hedge” means a Foreign Currency Hedge which is provided by any Lender and for which such Lender confirms to the Administrative Agent in writing prior to the execution thereof that it: (a) is documented in a standard International Swap Dealers Association, Inc. Master Agreement or another reasonable and customary manner; (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount of such Lender’s credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner; and (c) is entered into for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes.
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