pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, as such
were in effect as of December 31, 2016.
Government Securities means direct obligations of, or obligations
guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
GS V
Notes means, at any time, the 3.849% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 then outstanding under the Indenture dated as of December 24, 2012, among CC Holdings GS V LLC, as issuer, Crown Castle GS III Corp., as
co-issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
Guarantee means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under:
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interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and
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other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates or
currency exchange rates.
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Holder means a Person in whose name a note is registered on the
Registrars books.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of such Person in respect of
borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) or bankers acceptances or representing Capital Lease Obligations or the balance deferred and
unpaid of the purchase price of any property or representing any Hedging Obligations (to the extent of any payment that has become due and payable), except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, if and to the extent
any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
asset of such Person whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person (the amount of such Indebtedness as of any date being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such property or assets as of such date or the principal amount of such
Indebtedness of such other Person so secured) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by such Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Indebtedness shall not include post-
closing purchase price adjustments or earnouts except to the extent that the amount payable pursuant to such purchase price adjustment or earnout is or becomes due and payable and is not thereafter promptly paid. The amount of any Indebtedness
outstanding as of any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations described above; provided that, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount, the amount of such Indebtedness
will be the accreted value thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness of any Person will not include any obligations or guarantees of obligations of such Person relating to leases which would not have been accounted for as a liability on a
balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, even if those obligations or guarantees of obligations would be included as liabilities on the balance sheet of such Person at the time of determination.
Investment Grade Rating means a rating equal to or greater than BBB- by S&P and
Fitch and Baa3 by Moodys or the equivalent thereof under any new ratings system if the ratings system of any such agency shall be modified after the date of the indenture, or the equivalent rating of any other Ratings Agency selected by us as
provided in the definition of Ratings Agencies.
Licenses means, collectively, any telephone, microwave,
radio transmissions, personal communications or other license, authorization, certificate of compliance, franchise, approval or permit, whether for the
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