Common use of Changes to GAAP Clause in Contracts

Changes to GAAP. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all accounting terms used in this Agreement shall be interpreted and all financial information shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied. If any Accounting Changes (as defined below) occur and such changes result in a change in the calculation of the financial covenants, standards or terms used in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, then at the request of the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders, the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries’ financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes, as if such Accounting Changes had not been made; provided, however, that the agreement of the Required Lenders to any required amendments of such provisions shall be sufficient to bind all the Lenders. “Accounting Changes” means (A) changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC; and (B) changes in accounting principles concurred in by the Parent Borrower’s independent chartered or certified public accountants. If no request for negotiations is timely made after delivery of annual financial statements noting any Accounting Changes or the Administrative Agent, the Parent Borrower and the Required Lenders agree upon the required amendments, then after appropriate amendments, if any, have been executed and the underlying Accounting Change with respect thereto has been implemented, any reference to GAAP contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall, only to the extent of such Accounting Change, refer to GAAP, consistently applied after giving effect to the implementation of such Accounting Change. If the Administrative Agent, the Parent Borrower and the Required Lenders do not agree upon the required amendments within thirty (30) days following the date of implementation of any Accounting Change, then all financial statements delivered and all calculations of financial covenants and other standards and terms in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be prepared, delivered and made without regard to the underlying Accounting Change.

Changes to GAAP. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all accounting terms used in this Agreement shall be interpreted and all financial information shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied. If any Accounting Changes (as defined below) occur and such changes result in a change in the calculation of the financial covenants, standards or terms used in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, then at the request of the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders, the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries’ financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes, as if such Accounting Changes had not been made; provided, however, that the agreement of the Required Lenders to any required amendments of such provisions shall be sufficient to bind all the Lenders. “Accounting Changes” means (A) changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC; and (B) changes in accounting principles concurred in by the Parent BorrowerParent’s independent chartered or certified public accountants. If no request for negotiations is timely made after delivery of annual financial statements noting any Accounting Changes or the Administrative Agent, the Parent Borrower and the Required Lenders agree upon the required amendments, then after appropriate amendments, if any, have been executed and the underlying Accounting Change with respect thereto has been implemented, any reference to GAAP contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall, only to the extent of such Accounting Change, refer to GAAP, consistently applied after giving effect to the implementation of such Accounting Change. If the Administrative Agent, the Parent Borrower and the Required Lenders do not agree upon the required amendments within thirty (30) days following the date of implementation of any Accounting Change, then all financial statements delivered and all calculations of financial covenants and other standards and terms in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be prepared, delivered and made without regard to the underlying Accounting Change.

Changes to GAAP. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all accounting terms used in this Agreement shall be interpreted and all financial information shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied. If any Accounting Changes (as defined below) occur and such changes result in a change in the calculation of the financial covenants, standards or terms used in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, then at the request of the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders, the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries’ financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes, as if such Accounting Changes had not been made; provided, however, that the agreement of the Required Lenders to any required amendments of such provisions shall be sufficient to bind all the Lenders. “Accounting Changes” means (A) changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC; and (B) changes in accounting principles concurred in by the Parent Borrower’s independent chartered or certified public accountants. If no request for negotiations is timely made after delivery of annual financial statements noting any Accounting Changes or the Administrative Agent, the Parent Borrower and the Required Lenders agree upon the required amendments, then after appropriate amendments, if any, have been executed and the underlying Accounting Change with respect thereto has been implemented, any reference to GAAP contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall, only to the extent of such Accounting Change, refer to GAAP, consistently applied after giving effect to the implementation of such Accounting Change. If the Administrative Agent, the Parent Borrower and the Required Lenders do not agree upon the required amendments within thirty (30) days following the date of implementation of any Accounting Change, then all financial statements delivered and all calculations of financial covenants and other standards and terms in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be prepared, delivered and made without regard to the underlying Accounting Change.