Consent means any filing, notice, notification, report, declaration,
registration, certification, approval, clearance, consent, ratification, permit, permission, waiver, expiration or termination of waiting periods, or authorization.
Contract means any contract, legally binding commitment, license, promissory note, loan, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease
or other legally binding instrument or agreement (whether written or oral).
control and its correlative terms, means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
COVID-19 means the COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 virus (or any mutation or variation thereof).
COVID-19 Measures means, as applicable to a Party or its Subsidiaries, any
quarantine, shelter in place, stay at home, workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure or sequester order, guideline, recommendation or Law, or any other applicable Laws, guidelines or recommendations by any
Governmental Entity in connection with or in response to COVID-19.
Derivative
Transaction means any swap transaction, option, hedge, warrant, forward purchase or sale transaction, futures transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction or collar transaction relating to one or more currencies, commodities (including,
without limitation, natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and condensate), bonds, equity securities, loans, interest rates, catastrophe events, weather-related events, credit-related events or conditions or any indexes, or any other similar
transaction (including any put, call or other option with respect to any of these transactions) or combination of any of these transactions, including collateralized mortgage obligations or other similar instruments or any debt or equity instruments
evidencing or embedding any such types of transactions, and any related credit support, collateral or other similar arrangements related to such transactions.
DTC means The Depositary Trust Company.
Edgar means the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System administered by the SEC.
Employee Benefit Plan of any Person means any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
ERISA, regardless of whether such plan is subject to ERISA), and any personnel policy (oral or written), equity option, restricted equity, equity purchase plan, equity compensation plan, phantom equity or appreciation rights plan, collective
bargaining agreement, bonus plan or arrangement, incentive award plan or arrangement, vacation or holiday pay policy, retention or severance pay plan, policy or agreement, deferred compensation agreement or arrangement, change in control,
hospitalization or other medical, dental, vision, accident, disability, life or other insurance, executive compensation or supplemental income arrangement, consulting agreement, employment agreement, and any other employee benefit plan, agreement,
arrangement, program, practice, or understanding for any present or former director, employee or contractor of the Person.
A-3