Independent expenditure means an expenditure by a person:
Capital Expenditure means expenditure on: a) the acquisition of land and buildings; b) the erection, enlargement, improvement or demolition of any building including fixed plant, installation, wall, fence or other structure, or any playground or hard standing;
Excluded Expenditure means any expenditure: (a) for goods or services supplied under a contract which any national or international financing institution or agency other than the Association or the Bank has financed or agreed to finance, or which the Association or the Bank has financed or agreed to finance under another credit, grant or loan; (b) for goods included in the following groups or sub-groups of the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3 (SITC, Rev.3), published by the United Nations in Statistical Papers, Series M, No. 34/Rev.3 (1986) (the SITC), or any successor groups or subgroups under future revisions to the SITC, as designated by the Association by notice to the Recipient: Group Sub-group Description of Item 112 Alcoholic beverages 121 Tobacco, un-manufactured, tobacco refuse 122 Tobacco, manufactured (whether or not containing tobacco substitutes) 525 Radioactive and associated materials 667 Pearls, precious and semiprecious stones, unworked or worked 718 718.7 Nuclear reactors, and parts thereof; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors 728 728.43 Tobacco processing machinery 897 897.3 Jewelry of gold, silver or platinum group metals (except watches and watch cases) and goldsmiths’ or silversmiths’ wares (including set gems) 971 Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (c) for goods intended for a military or paramilitary purpose or for luxury consumption; (d) for environmentally hazardous goods, the manufacture, use or import of which is prohibited under the laws of the Recipient or international agreements to which the Recipient is a party; (e) on account of any payment prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations; and (f) with respect to which the Association determines that corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Recipient or other recipient of the Financing proceeds, without the Recipient (or other such recipient) having taken timely and appropriate action satisfactory to the Association to address such practices when they occur.
Capital Expenditures means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate amount of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as a liability) by such Person during that period for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a Capital Lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to property, plant, or equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs, and improvements) which should be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Maintenance Capital Expenditures means all Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis other than those constituting Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditures.