(ff) “Convertible Debentures Due 2035 – 1.50%” means the 1.50% senior convertible debentures due November 1, 2035 issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2015, by and between the Company and the Trustee.
(gg) “Convertible Debentures Due 2025 – 1.25%” means the 1.25% senior convertible notes due April 1, 2025 issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of March 17, 2017, by and between the Company and the Trustee.
(hh) “COVID-19” means SARS-Co V-2, SARS-Co V-2 variants or COVID-19.
(ii) “COVID-19 Measures” means quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester, safety or similar laws, directives, restrictions, guidelines, responses or recommendations of or promulgated by any Governmental Authority, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, or other reasonable actions taken, in each case, in connection with or in response to COVID-19 and any evolutions, variants or mutations thereof or related or associated epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks.
(jj) “Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility commitments extended to the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Facility Agreement.
(kk) “Credit Facility Agreement” means the Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 4, 2021 by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto and Barclays Bank, PLC, as administrative agent.
(ll) “DOJ” means the United States Department of Justice or any successor thereto.
(mm) “Environmental Law” means any Law relating to pollution, the protection of the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater or land) or exposure of any Person with respect to Hazardous Substances or otherwise relating to the production, use, storage, treatment, transportation, recycling, disposal, discharge, release or other handling of any Hazardous Substances, or the investigation, clean-up or remediation thereof.
(nn) “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(oo) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(pp) “Federal Healthcare Program” has the meaning set forth in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(f).
(qq) “Foreign Investment Law” means any applicable Laws, including any state, national or multi-jurisdictional Laws, that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions by foreigners to acquire interests in domestic equities, securities, entities, assets, land or interests.
(rr) “FTC” means the United States Federal Trade Commission or any successor thereto.
(ss) “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, in the United States.
(tt) “Governmental Authority” means any government, governmental or regulatory (including any stock exchange or other self-regulatory organization) entity or body, department, commission, board, agency or instrumentality, and any court, tribunal, arbitrator or judicial body, in each case whether federal, state, county or provincial, and whether local or foreign.
(uu) “Hazardous Substance” means any substance, material or waste that is characterized or regulated by a Governmental Authority pursuant to any Environmental Law as “hazardous,” “pollutant,” “contaminant,” “toxic” or “radioactive,” including petroleum and petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls and friable asbestos.
(vv) “Healthcare Laws” means all Laws relating to healthcare operations, healthcare industry regulation and payment for healthcare products and services, including: (a) Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, including the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act and the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and Laws relating to Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; (b) Laws relating