Terminology and Definitions All personal pronouns used herein, whether used in the masculine, feminine, or neutral, shall include all other genders; the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.
COMMON TERMS AND DEFINITIONS The parties agree to the following terms and definitions, and to those terms and definitions 12 which, for convenience, are set forth elsewhere in the Agreement.
Defined Terms and Rules of Construction Reference is made to the Glossary of Defined Terms and Rules of Construction (as the same may be supplemented, amended or modified, the “Glossary”) attached as Exhibit A to the Indenture. The Glossary is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Glossary.
Other Definitional Provisions and Rules of Construction A. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference.
Special Rules and Definitions The following additional rules and definitions apply in implementing the due diligence procedures described above:
Miscellaneous Terms and Conditions 11.1 Nothing contained in this Amendment shall be deemed: (a) to obligate Verizon to offer or provide unbundled access to any UNE (whether as a stand-alone UNE, as part of a combination, or otherwise) that was not already available to Customer under the Agreements prior to this Amendment, (b) to obligate Verizon to offer or provide unbundled access at rates prescribed under Section 251(c)(3) of the Act to any facility that is or becomes a Discontinued UNE, whether as a stand-alone UNE, as part of a combination, or otherwise or (c) to limit any right of Verizon under the Agreement (independent of this Amendment), any Verizon tariff or SGAT, or otherwise, to cease providing a Discontinued UNE, whether as a stand-alone facility, as part of a combination, or otherwise.
11.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, and without limiting any existing rights Verizon may have to cease providing UNEs that are discontinued under Applicable Law, in the event that the FCC determines or has determined (whether by forbearance of existing rules, a rule change or otherwise) that Verizon is not required to provide any UNEs contained in the Amended Agreements beyond the UNEs specifically addressed in this Amendment, then Verizon (to the extent it has not already done so prior to execution of this Amendment) may implement such discontinuation by notifying Customer and/or by publishing notice of such discontinuation on Verizon’s wholesale website, and no amendment to the Amended Agreement shall be required for such purposes. Any such notice that Verizon issues (or has issued) shall address, among other things, the date on which new orders are disallowed and any transition period that is required for the embedded base (which shall be at least 90 (ninety) days unless the FCC requires a longer transition period for the embedded base). After the end of any such transition period, Customer’s embedded base of the subject UNE will be treated as a Discontinued UNE under Section 10 above.
Form and Dating Terms (a) The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, rules or agreements with national securities exchanges to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor is subject, if any, or general usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Issuer but which notation, legend or endorsement does not affect the rights, duties or obligations of the Trustee). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Initial Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(b) The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and the Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Issuer pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 4.11 or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.15, and otherwise as not prohibited by this Indenture. The Notes shall not be redeemable other than as provided in Article 3. Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Issuer without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have substantially identical terms, including as to status, waivers, amendments, offers to repurchase and redemption as the Initial Notes, but may have different issue prices, issue dates and CUSIP numbers; provided that the Issuer’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Issuer’s compliance with Section 4.10. Any Additional Notes shall be issued under an indenture supplemental to this Indenture. In authenticating and delivering the Initial Notes, Additional Notes and any other Notes issued pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall receive and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel (which shall not be required in connection with the Initial Notes) and Officer’s Certificate required by Section 12.03, an Opinion of Counsel (i) as to the due authorization, execution, delivery, validity and enforceability of such Notes, and (ii) stating that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Issuer of such Notes have been complied with.
Principles of Interpretation and Definitions (1) The singular includes the plural and the plural the singular. The pronouns “it” and “its” include the masculine and feminine. References to statutes or regulations include all statutory or regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, or replacing the statute or regulation. References to contracts and agreements shall be deemed to include all amendments to them. The words “include,” “including,” etc. mean include, including, etc. without limitation.
(2) References to a “Section” or “section” shall mean a section of this contract.
(3) “Contract” and “Agreement,” whether or not capitalized, refer to this instrument. (4) “Duties” includes obligations.
Terms Generally; Rules of Construction The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth in the Loan Documents), (b) any reference herein to any law shall be construed as referring to such law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to the restrictions contained in the Loan Documents), (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) with respect to the determination of any time period, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to and including” and (f) any reference herein to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be interpreted or construed against any Person solely because such Person or its legal representative drafted such provision.
Terms and Definitions The terms listed below shall have the respective meaning given them as set forth adjacent to each term.
