Left Lead Arranger
means Mizuho. “Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto. “Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. “Leverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date (excluding any amount of Hybrid Securities not to exceed a total of 15% of Total Capital) to (ii) Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date. “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security, deposit arrangement, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). “Limited Partnership Units” means Common Units and any other units representing limited partner interests in the Borrower. “Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01. “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, and the Guaranty Agreements. “Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A. “Loan Parties” means the Borrower and the Guarantors. “Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided however, (i) a downgrade by S&P and/or Moody’s of their respective Debt Rating shall not, in and of itself, be deemed to be a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) the fact that the Borrower is unable to borrow in the commercial paper market shall not, in and of itself, be deemed to be a Material Adverse Effect; but for purposes of clarity in interpreting the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), it is agreed that the event(s), change(s), circ*mstance(s) or condition(s) that causes such downgrade (or an announcement of a potential downgrade or a review for possible ratings change) of the Debt Rating or that causes such inability of the Borrower to borrow in the co...
