Ownership of the Property. (a) It is the intent of the parties hereto that for financial accounting purposes the Lease constitutes an "operating lease" pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, as amended, and for purposes of commercial, real estate, bankruptcy and federal, state and local income tax law, the transaction contemplated hereby is a financing arrangement. The parties further intend that Lessee shall be treated as owner of the Property for income tax purposes and shall be entitled to all deductions for depreciation thereof. Lessor shall take no action inconsistent with such treatment. (b) It is the intent of the parties hereto that the obligations of the Lessee under this Lease to pay Basic Rent and Supplemental Rent or Lease Balance in connection with any purchase of the Property pursuant to this Lease shall be treated as payments of interest on and principal of, respectively, loans from the Lessor to the Lessee. (c) Specifically, without limiting the generality of subsection (b) of this Section 30.1, the Lessor and the Lessee intend and agree that with respect to the nature of the transactions evidenced by this Lease in the context of the exercise of remedies under the Operative Documents, including, without limitation, in the case of any insolvency or receivership proceedings or a petition under the United States bankruptcy laws or any other applicable insolvency laws or statute of the United States of America or any State or Commonwealth thereof affecting the Lessee and the Lessor, or any enforcement or collection actions, the transactions evidenced by this Lease are loans made by the Lessor as unrelated third party lender to the Lessee.
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Samples: Lease (Brookdale Living Communities Inc), Lease (Brookdale Living Communities Inc), Lease Agreement (Brookdale Living Communities Inc)
Ownership of the Property. (a) It is the intent of the parties hereto that for financial accounting purposes the Lease constitutes an "operating lease" pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, as amended, and for purposes of commercial, real estate, bankruptcy and federal, state and local income tax law, the transaction contemplated hereby is a financing arrangement. The parties further intend that Lessee shall be treated as owner of the Property for income tax purposes and shall be entitled to all deductions for depreciation thereof. Lessor shall take no action inconsistent with such treatment.
(b) It is the intent of the parties hereto that the obligations of the Lessee under this Lease to pay Basic Rent and Supplemental Rent or Lease Balance in connection with any purchase of the Property pursuant to this Lease shall be treated as payments of interest on and principal of, respectively, loans from the Lessor to the Lessee.
(c) Specifically, without limiting the generality of subsection (b) -------------- of this Section 30.1, the Lessor and the Lessee intend and agree that with ------------ respect to the nature of the transactions evidenced by this Lease in the context of the exercise of remedies under the Operative Documents, including, without limitation, in the case of any insolvency or receivership proceedings or a petition under the United States bankruptcy laws or any other applicable insolvency laws or statute of the United States of America or any State or Commonwealth thereof affecting the Lessee and the Lessor, or any enforcement or collection actions, the transactions evidenced by this Lease are loans made by the Lessor as unrelated third party lender to the Lessee.
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Samples: Lease (Brookdale Living Communities Inc), Lease (Brookdale Living Communities Inc), Lease (Brookdale Living Communities Inc)
Ownership of the Property. (a) It is the intent of the parties hereto that for financial accounting purposes that: (i) the Lease constitutes an "operating lease" pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, as amended, and for purposes of commercialLessee's financial reporting, real estate, bankruptcy and federal, (ii) for purposes of Federal and state and local income tax lawtax, the transaction contemplated hereby and by the Lease is a financing arrangementarrangement and preserves ownership in the Property in the Lessee. The Accordingly, and notwithstanding any provision of this lease to the contrary, the parties further intend that Lessee shall be treated as owner hereto agree and declare that: (i) the transactions contemplated by the Lease are intended to have a dual, rather than single, form; and (ii) all references in the Lease to the "lease" of the Property for income tax purposes which fail to reference such duel form do so as a matter of convenience only and shall be entitled do not reflect the intent of parties hereto as to all deductions for depreciation thereofthe true form of such arrangements. Nevertheless, the Lessee acknowledges and agrees that neither the Indenture Trustee, the Lessor shall take no action inconsistent with nor any Participant has made any representations or warranties to the Lessee concerning the tax, accounting or legal characteristics of the Operative Documents and that the Lessee has obtained and relied upon such treatmenttax, accounting and legal advice concerning the Operative Documents as it deems appropriate.
(b) It is the intent of the parties hereto that the obligations of the Lessee under this Lease to pay Basic Rent and Supplemental Rent or Lease Balance in connection with any purchase of the Property pursuant to this Lease shall be treated as payments of interest on and principal of, respectively, loans from the Lessor Anything to the Lessee.
(c) Specifically, without limiting contrary in the generality of subsection (b) of this Section 30.1Operative Documents notwithstanding, the Lessor and the Lessee intend and agree that with respect to the nature of the transactions evidenced by this the Lease in the context of the exercise of remedies under the Operative Documents, including, without limitation, in the case of any insolvency or receivership proceedings or a petition under the United States bankruptcy laws or any other applicable insolvency laws or statute of the United States of America or any State or Commonwealth thereof affecting the Lessee and Lessee, the Lessor, Lessor or any Participant or any enforcement or collection actions, (i) the transactions evidenced by this the Lease are loans made by the Lessor and the Participants as unrelated third party lender lenders to the Lessee secured by the Property, (ii) the obligations of the Lessee under the Lease to pay Basic Rent and Supplemental Rent or Asset Termination Value in connection with any purchase of the Property pursuant to the Lease shall be treated as payments of interest on and principal of, respectively, loans from the Lessor and the Participants to the Lessee, and (iii) the Lease grants a security interest and mortgage or deed of trust or lien, as the case may be, in the Property to the Lessor and the Participants to secure the Lessee's performance under and payment of all amounts under the Lease and the other Operative Documents.
(c) Specifically, but without limiting the generality of subsection (b) of this Section 5, the Lessor and the Lessee further intend and agree that, for the purpose of securing the Lessee's obligations for the repayment of the above-described loans from the Certificate Purchaser and the Lenders to the Lessee, (i) the Lease shall also be deemed to be a security agreement and financing statement within the meaning of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and a real property mortgage or deed of trust; (ii) the conveyance provided for hereby and in Article II of the Lease shall be deemed to be a grant by the Lessee to the Lessor and the Participants of a mortgage lien and security interest in all of the Lessee's right, title and interest in and to the Property and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, investments, securities or other property, whether in the form of cash, investments, securities or other property (it being understood that Lessee hereby mortgages and warrants and grants a security interest in the Property to the Lessor and the Participants to secure the loans); (iii) the possession by the Lessor or any of its agents of notes and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be "possession by the secured party" for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to Section 9-305 of the Uniform Commercial Code; and (iv) notifications to Persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from financial intermediaries, bankers or agents (as applicable) of the Lessee shall be deemed to have been given for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under Applicable Law. The Lessor and the Lessee shall, to the extent consistent with the Lease, take such actions and execute, deliver, file and record such other documents, financing statements, mortgages and deeds of trust as may be necessary to ensure that, if the Lease and this Lease Supplement were deemed to create a security interest in the Property in accordance with this Section, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority under Applicable Law and will be maintained as such throughout the Term.
(d) Specifically, without limiting the generality of subsection (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 5, the parties hereto intend and agree that, for purposes of filing federal, state and local returns, reports and other statements relating to income or franchise taxes, or any other taxes imposed upon or measured by income, (i) the Lessee shall be entitled to take any deduction, credit, allowance or other reporting position consistent with its status as owner of the Property; and (ii) neither the Lessor nor any Participant shall take an initial position on its federal, state and local returns, reports and other statements relating to income or franchise taxes that is inconsistent with the Lessee's status as owner of the Property.
(e) If the transaction evidenced by the Lease and the other Operative Documents can no longer be treated as an operating lease pursuant to GAAP for accounting purposes, all provisions in the Operative Documents limiting the Lessee's obligation to pay the Lease Balance or Asset Termination Value (including the Remarketing Option) on the Expiration Date shall no longer apply. If any such change in accounting treatment shall occur, the Lessee shall enter into such amendments to the Operative Documents as the Lessor or the Required Participants may reasonably request to reflect the foregoing.
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Samples: Master Lease (Peoplesoft Inc)