Preferred Equity as applied to the Equity Interests of any Person, means Equity Interests of such Person of any class or classes (however designated) that ranks prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to any shares (or other interests) of other Equity Interests of such Person, and shall include, without limitation, cumulative preferred, non-cumulative preferred, participating preferred and convertible preferred Equity Interests.
Preferred Equity Interest means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests in such Person which are entitled to preference or priority over any other Equity Interest in such Person in respect of the payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation or both.
Permitted Convertible Debt means (a) the 2026 Convertible Notes and (b) any other Debt incurred by the Credit Parties that (i) is either (x) a note or other debt instrument issued by a Credit Party which is convertible into Equity Interests of Holdings (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) or (y) sold as units together with a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or a Permitted Warrant Transaction that are exercisable for Equity Interests of Holdings (any indenture, promissory note or other instrument pursuant to which such debt securities and/or units are issued or otherwise governed, the “Future Convertible Notes”); (ii) the obligations of all Persons (including all Credit Parties) in respect of such notes and/or units (and any guarantee thereof) are fully unsecured; (iii) does not have a stated maturity prior to the date that is six (6) months following the Maturity Date (without giving effect to clause (b) under such definition); (iv) has no scheduled amortization or principal payments or requires any mandatory redemptions or payments of principal (other than as a result of a conversion thereof into Equity Interests of Holdings) prior to the date that is six (6) months following the Maturity Date (without giving effect to clause (b) under such definition) other than customary payments upon a change of control or fundamental change event (it being understood that conversion of any such Debt shall not be considered a redemption or payment); (v) the rate of interest payable in cash in respect of such notes shall not exceed eight percent (8.00%) per annum (as may be increased by not more than fifty basis points of additional interest under the terms of the related indenture), (vi) to the extent such Debt includes a cross-event of default (other than any cross-payment event of default or cross-acceleration event of default) provision contained therein that relates to indebtedness of any Borrower (such indebtedness, a “Cross-Default Reference Obligation”), contains a cure period of at least fifteen (15) calendar days before an event of default or other event or condition under such Cross-Default Reference Obligation results in an event of default under such cross-default provision, (vii) no Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party shall guarantee the obligations under such notes, and each guarantee of such notes by a Credit Party shall provide for the release and termination thereof, without action by any Person, upon any release and termination of the guarantee by such Credit Party of the Obligations, (viii) the terms, conditions, fees, covenants, and settlement mechanics (if applicable) of such notes shall be such as are typical and customary for Debt of such type (as determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith), and (ix) immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Debt and any concurrent use of proceeds thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Exit Facility Term Sheet means the Exit Facility Term Sheet attached as Exhibit 2 to Exhibit B of the Restructuring Support Agreement.
Permitted Convertible Notes means any unsecured notes issued by the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 6.01 that are convertible into a fixed number (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, “make-whole” increases and other customary changes thereto) of shares of common stock of the Company (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Company), cash or any combination thereof (with the amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such common stock or such other securities); provided that, the Indebtedness thereunder must satisfy each of the following conditions: (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom, (ii) such Indebtedness matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled or otherwise required payments of principal prior to, and does not permit any Loan Party to elect optional redemption or optional acceleration that would be settled on a date prior to, the date that is six (6) months after the Maturity Date (it being understood that neither (x) any provision requiring an offer to purchase such Indebtedness as a result of change of control or other fundamental change (which change of control or other fundamental change, for the avoidance of doubt, constitutes a “Change of Control” hereunder), which purchase is settled on a date no earlier than the date twenty (20) Business Days following the occurrence of such change of control or other fundamental change nor (y) any early conversion of any Permitted Convertible Notes in accordance with the terms thereof, in either case, shall violate the foregoing restriction), (iii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Company other than the Subsidiary Borrowers or Subsidiary Guarantors (which guarantees, if such Indebtedness is subordinated, shall be expressly subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms not less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness), (iv) any cross-default or cross-acceleration event of default (each howsoever defined) provision contained therein that relates to indebtedness or other payment obligations of any Loan Party (such indebtedness or other payment obligations, a “Cross-Default Reference Obligation”) contains a cure period of at least thirty (30) calendar days (after written notice to the issuer of such Indebtedness by the trustee or to such issuer and such trustee by holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding) before a default, event of default, acceleration or other event or condition under such Cross-Default Reference Obligation results in an event of default under such cross-default or cross-acceleration provision and (v) the terms, conditions and covenants of such Indebtedness must be customary for convertible Indebtedness of such type (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, or a committee thereof, in good faith).
Qualified Equity Financing means the first sale (or series of related sales) by the Company of its Preferred Stock following the Date of Issuance from which the Company receives gross proceeds of not less than $1,000,000 (excluding the aggregate amount of securities converted into Preferred Stock in connection with such sale or series of related sales).
Equity Preferred Securities means, with respect to any Person, any trust preferred securities or deferrable interest subordinated debt securities issued by such Person or other financing vehicle of such Person that (i) have an original maturity of at least twenty years, and (ii) require no repayments or prepayments and no mandatory redemptions or repurchases, in each case, prior to the first anniversary of the latest Maturity Date.
Stock Acquisition Date means the first date of public announcement (which, for purposes of this definition, shall include, without limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such.
Preferred Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests in such Person which are entitled to preference or priority over any other Equity Interest in such Person in respect of the payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation or both.
Existing Convertible Notes means any convertible notes or other convertible debt securities of the Company outstanding on the date of this Agreement.
Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price means the consideration paid per share of Common Stock in a Make-Whole Acquisition. If such consideration consists only of cash, the Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price shall equal the amount of cash paid per share of Common Stock. If such consideration consists of any property other than cash, the Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price shall be the average of the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on each of the 10 consecutive Trading Days up to, but not including, the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date.
Shares Acquisition Date means the first date of public announcement by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such.
New Convertible Notes means the Company’s 5.0% Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due 2023.
Qualifying Preferred Stock means non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock of the Corporation that (a) ranks pari passu with or junior to all other preferred stock of the Corporation, and (b) either (x) is subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant or (y) is subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure and has a provision that prohibits the Corporation from paying any dividends thereon upon its failure to satisfy one or more financial tests set forth therein, and (c) as to which the transaction documents provide for no remedies as a consequence of non-payment of dividends other than Permitted Remedies.
Company Convertible Notes means the convertible notes issued by the Company pursuant to the convertible note purchase agreement by and among the Company, PA Grand Opportunity Limited and other investors named therein dated June 6, 2016, as amended on June 13, 2016.
Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction means any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction.
Convertible Debt means Debt issued by the Borrower which by its terms may be converted into or exchanged for equity securities of the Borrower at the option of the Borrower or the holder of such Debt, including without limitation, Debt with respect to which the performance due by the Borrower may be measured in whole or in part by reference to the value of an equity security of the Borrower but may be satisfied in whole or in part in cash.
Limited Condition Acquisition Agreement means, with respect to any Limited Condition Acquisition, the definitive acquisition documentation in respect thereof.
Acquisition Debt means any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, a Material Acquisition and any related transactions or series of related transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any pre-existing Indebtedness of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or the person(s) or assets to be acquired); provided that (a) the release of the proceeds of such Indebtedness to the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries is contingent upon the consummation of such Material Acquisition and, pending such release, such proceeds are held in escrow (and, if the definitive agreement (or, in the case of a tender offer or similar transaction, the definitive offer document) for such acquisition is terminated prior to the consummation of such Material Acquisition or if such Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness, such proceeds shall be promptly applied to satisfy and discharge all obligations of the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries in respect of such Indebtedness) or (b) such Indebtedness contains a “special mandatory redemption” provision (or other similar provision) or otherwise permits such Indebtedness to be redeemed or prepaid if such Material Acquisition is not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness (and if the definitive agreement (or, in the case of a tender offer or similar transaction, the definitive offer document) for such Material Acquisition is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the consummation of such Material Acquisition or such Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is so redeemed or prepaid within 90 days of such termination or such specified date, as the case may be).
Existing Preferred Stock means, collectively, the outstanding shares of the Series E 6% Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation.
Senior Preferred Stock means the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock.
Company Capital Stock means the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.
Senior Non Preferred Liabilities means any unsubordinated and unsecured senior non preferred obligations (créditos ordinarios no preferentes) of Banco Santander under Additional Provision 14.2º of Law 11/2015 (including any Notes) and any other obligations which, by law and/or by their terms, and to the extent permitted by Spanish law, rank pari passu with the Senior Non Preferred Liabilities.
Early Preference Share Valuation Date means the date specified as such in the relevant Early Preference Share Redemption Notice which shall fall not less than one day and not more than 180 days following the day such Early Preference Share Redemption Notice is given. The Early Preference Share Redemption Notice may provide that such date is subject to adjustment in accordance with certain disruption or adjustment events, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
Parent Preferred Stock means the preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Parent.
Permitted Preferred Stock means and refers to any Preferred Stock issued by Parent (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that is not Prohibited Preferred Stock.