New Notes shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 32.
Existing Notes means, collectively, the Existing Senior Guaranteed Notes and the Existing Senior Notes.
Second Lien Notes has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Bridge Notes means the series of notes, of which this Note is a part, dated on or about the date hereof, each of which are identical, other than the date of the Note, identity of the Holder and principal amount of this Note.
Refinancing Notes means any secured or unsecured notes or loans issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party (whether under an indenture, a credit agreement or otherwise) and the Indebtedness represented thereby; provided, that (a) (i) 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Refinancing Notes that are secured on a pari passu basis with the Term B-1 Loans are used to permanently reduce Loans and/or replace Commitments substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof or (ii) 90% of the Net Proceeds of any other Refinancing Notes are used to permanently reduce Loans and/or replace Commitments substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof; (b) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Notes does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the aggregate portion of the Loans so reduced and/or Commitments so replaced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses); (c) the final maturity date of such Refinancing Notes is on or after the Term Facility Maturity Date or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced; (d) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing Notes is greater than or equal to the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable; (e) in the case of Refinancing Notes in the form of notes issued under an indenture, the terms thereof do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date of the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayment provisions upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default); (f) the other terms of such Refinancing Notes (other than interest rates, fees, floors, funding discounts and redemption or prepayment premiums and other pricing terms), taken as a whole, are substantially similar to, or not materially less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B-1 Loans (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Refinancing Notes are issued), as determined by the Borrower in good faith (or, if more restrictive, the Loan Documents are amended to contain such more restrictive terms to the extent required to satisfy the foregoing standard); (g) there shall be no obligor in respect of such Refinancing Notes that is not a Loan Party; and (h) Refinancing Notes that are secured by Collateral shall be subject to the provisions of a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.
New Secured Notes means the $550 million of first lien secured notes to be issued by New Valaris Holdco comprising (i) the Rights Offering New Secured Notes to be issued in the Rights Offering on the terms set forth in the New Secured Notes Term Sheet attached as Exhibit 2 to the Restructuring Term Sheet and the Rights Offering Procedures, (ii) the Holdback Notes to be issued on the terms set forth in the Backstop Agreement,
Subordinated Notes means the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes and, more particularly, any Subordinated Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, including those Subordinated Notes issued or authenticated upon transfer, replacement or exchange.
Qualifying Notes means, with respect to each applicable series of senior preferred debt securities, each series of senior non preferred debt securities and each series of subordinated debt securities, at any time, any securities issued directly by Banco Santander that have terms not otherwise materially less favorable to the holders of the senior preferred debt securities of such series, senior non preferred debt securities of such series or subordinated debt securities of such series than the terms of the senior preferred debt securities of such series, senior non preferred debt securities of such series or subordinated debt securities of such series, as applicable, provided that Banco Santander shall have delivered a certificate signed by two directors of Banco Santander to that effect to the Trustee not less than five Business Days prior to (x) in the case of a substitution of the senior preferred debt securities of the applicable series, the senior non preferred debt securities of any series or the subordinated debt securities of any series, as applicable, pursuant to “—Substitution and Variation”, the issue date of the relevant securities or (y) in the case of a variation of the senior preferred debt securities of the applicable series, the senior non preferred debt securities of any series or the subordinated debt securities of any series, as applicable, pursuant to “—Substitution and Variation”, the date such variation becomes effective, provided that such securities shall:
2014 Notes means (i) the 4.850% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 issued by the Issuer on March 18, 2014 and (ii) the 4.45% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and the 5.45% Senior Secured Notes due 2034 issued by the Issuer on August 21, 2014.
Permitted Debt Exchange Notes shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Convertible Notes has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Senior Unsecured Notes means, collectively, the: (a) 6.50% Senior Notes due 2016, issued in the original principal amount of $214,800,000 pursuant to the 6.50% Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture; and (b) 5.75% Senior Notes due 2017, issued in the original principal amount of $750,000,000 pursuant to the 5.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture.
First Lien Notes means (a) senior secured loans or notes of the U.S. Borrower (which notes or loans may either be secured by a first priority Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the U.S. Obligations or may be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the U.S. Obligations, but shall not be secured by any assets that do not constitute Collateral securing the U.S. Obligations) incurred after the Amendment Effective Date (i) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the latest Term Facility Maturity Date in effect at the time of the issuance thereof (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) and (ii) the covenants, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of which (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries than those set forth in this Agreement; provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the U.S. Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement and (b) loans or notes borrowed or issued in connection with any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any First Lien Notes; provided that (i) in connection with any such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses), (ii) such refinancing Indebtedness otherwise complies with this definition and (iii) if such Indebtedness being refinanced is not secured by a first priority Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the U.S. Obligations, then such refinancing Indebtedness may not be secured with a first priority Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the U.S. Obligations. Notes issued by the U.S. Borrower in exchange for any First Lien Notes in accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of such First Lien Notes shall also be considered First Lien Notes.
Unsecured Notes means Notes that either (i) are unsecured at the time of issue pursuant to the relevant Final Terms or (ii) become unsecured in accordance with the conversion mechanism described in Condition 5; and
Senior Notes means $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Borrower’s 6.75% senior unsecured notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture on the Closing Date.
New Convertible Notes means the Company’s 5.0% Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due 2023.
Redemption Notes means unsecured subordinated promissory notes of the Trust having a maturity date to be determined at the time of issuance by the Trustee (provided that in no event shall the maturity date be set at a date subsequent to the first Business Day following the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance of such note), bearing interest from the date of issue at a market rate of interest determined at the time of issuance by the Trustee, payable for each month during the term on the 15th day of each subsequent month with all principal being due on maturity, such promissory notes to provide that the Trust shall at any time be allowed to prepay all or any part of the outstanding principal without notice or bonus.
Pari Passu Securities means any class or series of capital stock of the Company hereafter created specifically ranking, by its terms, on parity with the Designated Preferred Stock as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary.
Exchange Notes means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof.
New Senior Notes has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
2017 Notes means the aggregate principal amount of US$600,000,000 of 6.25% Guaranteed Senior Notes Due 2017 issued pursuant to the 2017 Note Indenture.
2016 Notes means the aggregate principal amount of US$460,000,000 of 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2016 issued pursuant to the 2016 Note Indenture.
Junior Notes means Note B-1, Note B-2, Note B-3 and Note B-4.
Redemption Securities means any debt or equity securities of the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any other corporation or other entity, or any combination thereof, having such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Board of Directors and which, together with any cash to be paid as part of the redemption price, in the opinion of any nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors (which may be a firm which provides other investment banking, brokerage or other services to the Corporation), has a value, at the time notice of redemption is given pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 5, at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 5 (assuming, in the case of Redemption Securities to be publicly traded, such Redemption Securities were fully distributed and subject only to normal trading activity).
2011 Notes means those certain notes issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of March 22, 2011 among the Company and the purchasers named in Schedule A thereto.
Existing Unsecured Notes the Borrower’s 11.5% Senior Notes due 2018, issued pursuant to the Existing Unsecured Indenture, outstanding on the Closing Date or subsequently issued in exchange for or in respect of any such notes.