Proceeding means any action, cause of action, claim, demand, litigation,
suit, investigation, subpoena, audit, hearing, originating application to a tribunal, arbitration or other similar proceeding of any nature, civil, criminal, regulatory, administrative or otherwise, whether in equity or at law, in contract, in tort
or otherwise commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before or otherwise involving a Governmental Entity.
Release
means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata) or within or from any building, structure, facility or fixture.
Representative means, with respect to any
Person, any director, principal, partner, manager, member (if such Person is a member-managed limited liability company or similar entity), employee (including any officer), consultant, investment banker, financial advisor, legal counsel, attorneys-in-fact, accountant or other authorized advisor or agent of such person, in each case acting in their capacity as such.
Requisite Company Vote means the adoption of this Agreement by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares entitled
to vote on such matter at the Company Stockholders Meeting.
Sanctioned Person means one or more Persons that are
(a) the subject of any sanctions, (b) located, organized, or resident in, or a government instrumentality of, a country or territory that is the subject of Export and Sanctions Regulations or (c) any entity that is owned or controlled
by, or otherwise acting on behalf of, any of the foregoing.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933.
Senior Unsecured Notes means, collectively, any and all outstanding amounts of the Companys 4.40% Series B Notes due
July 2042, 3.80% Senior Notes due October 2024, 4.90% Senior Notes due October 2044 and 0.78% Senior Notes due August 2026.
Software means any (a) computer program, application, middleware, firmware, microcode and other software, including
operating systems, software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, in each case, whether in source code, object code or other form or format, including libraries, subroutines and other components thereof, (b) databases and
compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, (c) descriptions, flow-charts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user
interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons and (d) and all documentation (including user manuals and other training documentation) relating to the foregoing.
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