(m) Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure (or in lieu of) surety, appeal or
customs bonds in proceedings to which such Obligor is a party in the ordinary course of its business, but not in excess of $25,000,000;
(n) Liens on margin stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System);
(o) Liens permitted under sale and lease-back transactions, and any renewals or extensions thereof, so long as the Indebtedness secured thereby
does not exceed $300,000,000 in the aggregate;
(p) Liens arising in connection with asset securitization transactions, so long as the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations of all Obligors secured thereby does not exceed $300,000,000 at any one time;
(q) Liens securing any account or trade receivable factoring, securitization, sale or financing facility, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except with respect to customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facility) to the applicable Obligor;
(r) Liens (i) of a collection bank on the items in the course of collection, (ii) in favor of a banking or other financial
institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and which are customary in the banking industry and (iii) attaching to other prepayments,
deposits or earnest money in the ordinary course of business; and
(s)
Take-or-pay obligations arising in the ordinary course of business.
Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, or any other entity, including any government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Property means with respect to any Person any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible,
including shares of capital stock.
Subsidiary of any specified Person means any corporation, limited liability company,
limited partnership, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.
Certain Terms of the Senior Debt Securities
Guarantees
Our
obligations under the senior debt securities, including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of the Guarantors. The Guarantees will rank equally with all other general
unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantors.
The Guarantees will not contain any restrictions on the ability of any
Guarantor to:
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Certain Covenants
We and the Guarantors have agreed to some restrictions on our activities for the benefit of holders of all series of senior debt securities
issued under the senior indenture. The restrictive covenants summarized below
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