Payment Blockage Period shall have the meaning specified in Section 12.2(b).
Blockage Period has the meaning provided in Section 10.02.
Payment Blockage Notice has the meaning specified in Section 15.2.
Blockage Notice has the meaning specified in Section 12.4.
Senior Discharge Date means the first date on which all of the Senior Debt (other than contingent indemnification obligations) has been paid indefeasibly in full in cash and all commitments of Senior Lenders under the Senior Loan Documents have been terminated.
Designated Senior Indebtedness means (i) any Senior Indebtedness which, at the date of determination, has an aggregate principal amount outstanding of, or under which, at the date of determination, the holders thereof are committed to lend up to, at least $100 million and (ii) any other Senior Indebtedness designated, as provided in Section 2.01, in respect of any series of Securities.
Additional Senior Class Debt Parties has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.13.
Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Senior Secured Indebtedness on such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) without giving effect to any grace period applicable thereto.
Consolidated Senior Indebtedness means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of any date of determination on a Consolidated basis without duplication, the sum of (a) all Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries minus (b) all Subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Permitted Senior Indebtedness means the principal of (and premium, if any), interest on, and all fees and other amounts (including, without limitation, any reasonable out-of-pocket costs, enforcement expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket legal fees and disbursements), collateral protection expenses and other reimbursement or indemnity obligations relating thereto) payable by Company and/or its Subsidiaries under or in connection with any credit facility to be entered into by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries with one or more financial institutions together with any amendments, restatements, renewals, refundings, refinancings or other extensions thereof); provided, however, that the aggregate outstanding amount of such Permitted Senior Indebtedness (taking into account the maximum amounts which may be advanced under the loan documents evidencing such Permitted Senior Indebtedness) does not as of the date on which any such Permitted Senior Indebtedness is incurred exceed $10,000,000, with respect to the unpaid principal balance of loans thereunder and, provided further that such Permitted Senior Indebtedness shall only be incurred to the extent that the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Market Capitalization Ratio does not exceed .15 at the time of incurrence of such Permitted Senior Indebtedness.
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness means all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of the Guarantor, whether outstanding at the date of effectiveness of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture or thereafter incurred, assumed, guaranteed or otherwise created (including, without limitation, interest accruing on or after a bankruptcy or other similar event, whether or not an allowed claim therein), in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Guarantor for money borrowed, (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds, notes or other similar instruments issued by the Guarantor, (C) all capital lease obligations of the Guarantor, (D) all obligations of the Guarantor issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of the Guarantor and all obligations of such obligor under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business), (E) all obligations of the Guarantor for reimbursement on any letter of credit, banker's acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction, (F) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (A) through (E) of other Persons for the payment of which the Guarantor is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, and (G) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (A) through (F) of other Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Guarantor (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such obligor), except for any such indebtedness, obligations or liabilities the terms of which expressly provide that such indebtedness, obligation or liability is equal or subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantor's guarantee with respect to the Subject Securities, as the case may be. For greater certainty, "Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" includes all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities between or among the Guarantor and its Affiliates, except for such indebtedness, obligations or liabilities the terms of which expressly provide that such indebtedness, obligation or liability is equal or subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantor's guarantee with respect to the Subject Securities, as the case may be.
Subordination Period means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the first to occur of the following dates:
Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio means as of any date of determination the ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis, of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period.
Additional Junior Indebtedness means, without duplication and other than the Debentures, any indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of the Company, or any Subsidiary of the Company, under debt securities (or guarantees in respect of debt securities) initially issued after the date of this Indenture to any trust, or a trustee of a trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company that is, directly or indirectly, a finance subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940) or other financing vehicle of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in connection with the issuance by that entity of preferred securities or other securities that are eligible to qualify for Tier 1 capital treatment (or its then equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable to the Company (or, if the Company is not a bank holding company, such guidelines applied to the Company as if the Company were subject to such guidelines); provided, however, that the inability of the Company to treat all or any portion of the Additional Junior Indebtedness as Tier 1 capital shall not disqualify it as Additional Junior Indebtedness if such inability results from the Company having cumulative preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries, or any other class of security or interest which the Federal Reserve now or may hereafter accord Tier 1 capital treatment (including the Debentures) in excess of the amount which may qualify for treatment as Tier 1 capital under applicable capital adequacy guidelines.
Unsecured Shorter-Term Indebtedness means, collectively, (a) any Indebtedness of an Obligor that is not secured by any assets of any Obligor and that does not constitute Unsecured Longer-Term Indebtedness and (b) any Indebtedness that is designated as “Unsecured Shorter-Term Indebtedness” pursuant to Section 6.11(a).
Senior Nonmonetary Default means the occurrence or existence and continuance of any event of default with respect to any Designated Senior Debt, other than a Senior Payment Default, permitting the holders of such Designated Senior Debt (or a trustee or agent on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare such Designated Senior Debt due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any Securities Payment to the Trustee or any Holder prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such Securities Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such Securities Payment shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Securities Payment with respect to which Section 1203 would be applicable.
Senior Net Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Senior Indebtedness on such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) without giving effect to any grace period applicable thereto.
Secured Longer-Term Indebtedness means, as at any date, Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than Indebtedness hereunder) of the Borrower (which may be Guaranteed by Subsidiary Guarantors) that (a) has no amortization (other than for amortization in an amount not greater than 1% of the aggregate initial principal amount of such Indebtedness per annum (or an amount in excess of 1% of the aggregate initial principal amount of such Indebtedness per annum on terms mutually agreeable to the Borrower and the Required Lenders)) or mandatory redemption, repurchase or prepayment prior to, and a final maturity date not earlier than, six months after the Maturity Date; (b) is incurred pursuant to documentation containing (i) financial covenants, covenants governing the borrowing base, if any, covenants regarding portfolio valuations, and events of default that are no more restrictive in any respect than those set forth in this Agreement (other than, if such Indebtedness is governed by a customary indenture or similar instrument, events of default that are customary in indentures or similar instruments and that have no analogous provisions in this Agreement or credit agreements generally) (provided that, upon the Borrower’s request, this Agreement will be deemed to be automatically amended (and, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, the Borrower and the Lenders shall enter into a document evidencing such amendment), mutatis mutandis, to make such covenants more restrictive in this Agreement as may be necessary to meet the requirements of this clause (b)(i)) and (ii) other terms (other than interest and any commitment or related fees) that are no more restrictive in any material respect than those set forth in this Agreement; and (c) ranks pari passu with the obligations under this Agreement and is not secured by any assets of any Person other than any assets of any Obligor pursuant to the Security Documents and the holders of which, or the agent, trustee or representative of such holders on behalf of and for the benefit of such holders, have agreed to be bound by the provisions of the Security Documents in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) Secured Longer-Term Indebtedness shall also include any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Secured Longer-Term Indebtedness so long as such refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness continues to satisfy the requirements of this definition and (b) any payment on account of Secured Longer-Term Indebtedness shall be subject to Section 6.12.
Additional Senior Class Debt has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.13.
Senior Class Debt Parties has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
Unsecured Longer-Term Indebtedness means any Indebtedness for borrowed money of an Obligor that (a) has no amortization, or mandatory redemption, repurchase or prepayment prior to, and a final maturity date not earlier than, six months after the Maturity Date (it being understood that customary put rights or repurchase or redemption obligations (x) in the case of convertible securities, in connection with the suspension or delisting of the capital stock of the Borrower or the failure of the Borrower to satisfy a continued listing rule with respect to its capital stock or (y) arising out of circumstances that would constitute a “fundamental change” (as such term is customarily defined in convertible note offerings) or be Events of Default under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be “amortization”, “mandatory redemption”, “repurchase”, “prepayment” or a “final maturity date” for purposes of this definition), (b) is incurred pursuant to documentation containing financial covenants, covenants governing the borrowing base, if any, and portfolio valuation, and events of default that are no more restrictive than those set forth in this Agreement, and other terms substantially comparable to market terms for substantially similar debt of other similarly situated borrowers as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower (it being understood that customary put rights or repurchase or redemption obligations (x) in the case of convertible securities, in connection with the suspension or delisting of the capital stock of the Borrower or the failure of the Borrower to satisfy a continued listing rule with respect to its capital stock or (y) arising out of circumstances that would constitute a “fundamental change” (as such term is customarily defined in convertible note offerings) or be Events of Default under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be more restrictive for purposes of this definition), and (c) is not secured by any assets of any Obligor. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) Unsecured Longer-Term Indebtedness shall also include any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Unsecured Longer-Term Indebtedness so long as such refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness continues to satisfy the requirements of this definition and (b) any payment on account of Unsecured Longer-Term Indebtedness shall be subject to Section 6.12.
Existing Senior Subordinated Notes means the 10.875% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2009 issued by the Company pursuant to the Existing Senior Subordinated Note Indenture.
Senior Payment Default means any default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Debt of the Company when due, whether at the Stated Maturity of any such payment or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. In the event that any Senior Nonmonetary Default (as defined below) shall have occurred and be continuing, then, upon the receipt by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee of written notice of such Senior Nonmonetary Default from the agent for the Designated Senior Debt which is the subject of such Senior Nonmonetary Default, no Securities Payment shall be made during the period (the “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing on the date of such receipt of such written notice and ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which such Senior Nonmonetary Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or all Designated Senior Debt the subject of such Senior Nonmonetary Default shall have been discharged; (ii) the 179th day after the date of such receipt of such written notice; or (iii) the date on which the Payment Blockage Period shall have been terminated by written notice to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee from the agent for the Designated Senior Debt initiating the Payment Blockage Period; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with Article Sixteen by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 1602 Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to the date of such receipt of such written notice. No more than one Payment Blockage Period may be commenced with respect to the Securities of a particular series during any 360-day period and there shall be a period of at least 181 consecutive days in each 360-day period when no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. For all purposes of this paragraph, no Senior Nonmonetary Default that existed or was continuing on the date of commencement of any Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period, whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such Senior Nonmonetary Default shall have been cured for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
Additional Senior Debt Parties means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, the holders of such Indebtedness, the Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Senior Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Borrower or any Guarantor under any related Additional Senior Debt Documents.
Additional Senior Obligations means all indebtedness of the Company whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, for claims in respect of derivative products such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and similar arrangements; provided, however, that Additional Senior Obligations does not include claims in respect of Senior Debt or Subordinated Debt or obligations which, by their terms, are expressly stated to be not superior in right of payment to the Debentures or to rank pari passu in right of payment with the Debentures. For purposes of this definition, "claim" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 101(4) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.
Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt means any secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of second-lien (or other junior lien) secured notes or second-lien (or other junior lien) secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness (x) is secured by the Collateral on a second-priority (or other junior priority) basis with the Obligations and (y) is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature, have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than, or have scheduled amortization or scheduled payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligation (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or casualty event and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (iv) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary Guarantors, (v) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to or otherwise be subject to the provisions of one or more intercreditor agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (vi) any mandatory or voluntary prepayments of Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt may not be made except to the extent that prepayments of the Term Loans and Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt are first made ratably, to the extent required hereunder or pursuant to the terms of such Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, as the case may be. Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.