(other than goodwill, which shall be included) which would be classified as intangible assets under generally accepted accounting principles, including, without limitation, patents, trademarks,
copyrights and unamortized debt discount and expense, (b) any treasury stock carried as an asset, or (c) any write-ups of capital assets (other than write-ups
resulting from the acquisition of stock or assets of another corporation or business).
Debt means debt for money borrowed.
Derivative Instrument with respect to a Person, means any contract, instrument or other right to receive payment or delivery
of cash or other assets to which such Person or any Affiliate of such Person that is acting in concert with such Person in connection with such Persons investment in the notes (other than a Screened Affiliate) is a party (whether or not
requiring further performance by such Person), the value or cash flows of which (or any material portion thereof) are materially affected by the value or performance of the notes or the creditworthiness of the Company (the Performance
References).
holder or noteholder means the Person in whose name a note is registered on the
Registrars books.
Indebtedness means any liability of any person (i) for borrowed money, (ii) evidenced by a
bond, note, debenture or similar instrument (other than a trade payable or liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business), (iii) for the payment of money relating to a capital lease obligation, or (iv) any liability of others described
in the preceding clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) that the person has guaranteed; in each case, solely to the extent such indebtedness would appear as a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of
doubt, surety bonds and similar instruments shall not be deemed Indebtedness.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Measurement Date.
Incur means create, incur, issue, assume
or guarantee. The term Incurrence when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning.
issue date means October
3, 2024.
Long Derivative Instrument means a Derivative Instrument (i) the value of which generally increases, or the
payment or delivery obligations under which generally decrease, with positive changes to the Performance References or (ii) the value of which generally decreases, or the payment or delivery obligations under which generally increase, with
negative changes to the Performance References.
Measurement Date means August 18, 2017, the issue date of the
Companys 5.750% senior notes due 2025.
Net Short means, with respect to a holder or beneficial owner, as of a date of
determination, either (i) the value of its Short Derivative Instruments exceeds the sum of the (x) the value of its notes plus (y) the value of its Long Derivative Instruments as of such date of determination or (ii) it is
reasonably expected that such would have been the case were a Failure to Pay or Bankruptcy Credit Event (each as defined in the 2014 International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Credit Derivatives Definitions, as supplemented by the 2019
Narrowly Tailored Credit Event Supplement) to have occurred with respect to the Company immediately prior to such date of determination.
Performance References has the meaning set forth for such term in the definition of Derivative Instrument.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Principal
property means all property and equipment directly engaged in our exploration, production and transportation activities. Project Financing means any Indebtedness that is Incurred to finance or refinance
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