§ 18-400. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms
shall have the following meanings:

1. "LIBOR" shall mean, for purposes of the application of this article
to any particular contract, security or instrument, U.S. dollar LIBOR
(formerly known as the London interbank offered rate) as administered by
ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any predecessor or successor
thereof), or any tenor thereof, as applicable, that is used in making
any calculation or determination thereunder.

2. "LIBOR discontinuance event" shall mean the earliest to occur of
any of the following:

a. a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of
the administrator of LIBOR announcing that such administrator has ceased
or will cease to provide LIBOR, permanently or indefinitely, provided
that, at the time of the statement or publication, there is no successor
administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR;

b. a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory
supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR, the United States Federal
Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the
administrator for LIBOR, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over
the administrator for LIBOR or a court or an entity with similar
insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR,
which states that the administrator of LIBOR has ceased or will cease to
provide LIBOR permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of
the statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that
will continue to provide LIBOR; or

c. a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory
supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR announcing that LIBOR is no
longer representative. For purposes of this subdivision two, a public
statement or publication of information that affects one or more tenors
of LIBOR shall not constitute a LIBOR discontinuance event with respect
to any contract, security or instrument that (i) provides for only one
tenor of LIBOR, if such contract, security or instrument requires
interpolation and such tenor can be interpolated from LIBOR tenors that
are not so affected, or (ii) permits a party to choose from more than
one tenor of LIBOR and any of such tenors (A) is not so affected or (B)
if such contract, security or instrument requires interpolation, can be
interpolated from LIBOR tenors that are not so affected.

3. "LIBOR replacement date" shall mean:

a. in the case of a LIBOR discontinuance event described in paragraph
a or b of subdivision two of this section, the later of (i) the date of
the public statement or publication of information referenced therein;
and (ii) the date on which the administrator of LIBOR permanently or
indefinitely ceases to provide LIBOR; and

b. in the case of a LIBOR discontinuance event described in paragraph
c of subdivision two of this section, the date of the public statement
or publication of information referenced therein. For purposes of this
subdivision, a date that affects one or more tenors of LIBOR shall not
constitute a LIBOR replacement date with respect to any contract,
security or instrument that (i) provides for only one tenor of LIBOR, if
such contract, security or instrument requires interpolation and such
tenor can be interpolated from LIBOR tenors that are not so affected, or
(ii) permits a party to choose from more than one tenor of LIBOR and any
of such tenors (A) is not so affected or (B) if such contract, security
or instrument requires interpolation, can be interpolated from LIBOR
tenors that are not so affected.

4. "Fallback provisions" shall mean terms in a contract, security or
instrument that set forth a methodology or procedure for determining a
benchmark replacement, including any terms relating to the date on which
the benchmark replacement becomes effective, without regard to whether a
benchmark replacement can be determined in accordance with such
methodology or procedure.

5. "Benchmark" shall mean an index of interest rates or dividend rates
that is used, in whole or in part, as the basis of or as a reference for
calculating or determining any valuation, payment or other measurement
under or in respect of a contract, security or instrument.

6. "Benchmark replacement" shall mean a benchmark, or an interest rate
or dividend rate (which may or may not be based in whole or in part on a
prior setting of LIBOR), to replace LIBOR or any interest rate or
dividend rate based on LIBOR, whether on a temporary, permanent or
indefinite basis, under or in respect of a contract, security or
instrument.

7. "Recommended benchmark replacement" shall mean, with respect to any
particular type of contract, security or instrument, a benchmark
replacement based on SOFR, which shall include any recommended spread
adjustment and any benchmark replacement conforming changes, that shall
have been selected or recommended by a relevant recommending body with
respect to such type of contract, security or instrument.

8. "Recommended spread adjustment" shall mean a spread adjustment, or
method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may
be a positive or negative value or zero) that shall have been selected
or recommended by a relevant recommending body for a recommended
benchmark replacement for a particular type of contract, security or
instrument and for a particular term to account for the effects of the
transition or change from LIBOR to a recommended benchmark replacement.

9. "Benchmark replacement conforming changes" shall mean, with respect
to any type of contract, security or instrument, any technical,
administrative or operational changes, alterations or modifications that
are associated with and reasonably necessary to the use, adoption,
calculation or implementation of a recommended benchmark replacement and
that:

a. have been selected or recommended by a relevant recommending body;
and

b. if, in the reasonable judgment of the calculating person, the
benchmark replacement conforming changes selected or recommended
pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision do not apply to such
contract, security or instrument or are insufficient to permit
administration and calculation of the recommended benchmark replacement,
then benchmark replacement conforming changes shall include such other
changes, alterations or modifications that, in the reasonable judgment
of the calculating person:

(i) are necessary to permit administration and calculation of the
recommended benchmark replacement under or in respect of such contract,
security or instrument in a manner consistent with market practice for
substantially similar contracts, securities or instruments and, to the
extent practicable, the manner in which such contract, security or
instrument was administered immediately prior to the LIBOR replacement
date; and

(ii) would not result in a disposition of such contract, security or
instrument for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

10. "Determining person" shall mean, with respect to any contract,
security or instrument, in the following order of priority:

a. any person specified as a "determining person"; or

b. any person with the authority, right or obligation to:

(i) determine the benchmark replacement that will take effect on the
LIBOR replacement date,

(ii) calculate or determine a valuation, payment or other measurement
based on a benchmark, or

(iii) notify other persons of the occurrence of a LIBOR discontinuance
event, a LIBOR replacement date or a benchmark replacement.

11. "Relevant recommending body" shall mean the Federal Reserve Board,
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or the Alternative Reference Rates
Committee, or any successor to any of them.

12. "SOFR" shall mean, with respect to any day, the secured overnight
financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, as the administrator of the benchmark (or a successor
administrator), on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's website.

13. "Calculating person" shall mean, with respect to any contract,
security or instrument, any person (which may be the determining person)
responsible for calculating or determining any valuation, payment or
other measurement based on a benchmark.

14. "Contract, security, or instrument" shall include, without
limitation, any contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, lease,
security (whether representing debt or equity, and including any
interest in a corporation, a partnership or a limited liability
company), instrument, or other obligation.