U.S. GAAP means United States generally accepted accounting principles.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America.
PRC GAAP means the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.
Canadian GAAP means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as provided in the Handbook of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
UK GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United Kingdom.
Mexican GAAP means accounting principles and practices generally accepted in Mexico.
IFRS means the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
Brazilian GAAP means, collectively, the accounting principles prescribed by Brazilian Corporate Law, the rules and regulations issued by applicable regulators, including the CVM, as well as the technical releases issued by the Brazilian Institute of Accountants (Instituto Brasileiro de Contadores), in each case as in effect from time to time.
Fixed GAAP Date means the Issue Date; provided that at any time after the Issue Date, the Issuer may by written notice to the Trustee elect to change the Fixed GAAP Date to be the date specified in such notice, and upon such notice, the Fixed GAAP Date shall be such date for all periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice.
Accounting Principles means the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) within the meaning of Regulation 1606/2002/EC (or as otherwise adopted or amended from time to time).
SAP means the SAP entity that has entered into this Agreement, as well its Affiliates.
Fixed GAAP Terms (a) the definitions of the terms “Capitalized Lease Obligation,” “Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense,” “Consolidated Interest Expense,” “Consolidated Net Income,” “Consolidated Tangible Assets,” “Consolidated Working Capital,” “EBITDA,” “ECF CNI,” “Excess Cash Flow,” “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio,” “Fixed Charges,” “Funded Debt,” “Indebtedness,” “Investments,” “Net Income,” “Senior Secured Indebtedness” and “Senior Secured Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio,” (b) all defined terms in this Agreement to the extent used in or relating to any of the foregoing definitions, and all ratios and computations based on any of the foregoing definitions, and (c) any other term or provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents that, at the Borrower’s election, may be specified by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time.
Agreement Accounting Principles means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4.
Agreed Accounting Principles means GAAP applied using accounting methods, practices, principles, policies and procedures with consistent classifications, judgments and valuation and estimation that were used in the preparation of the Year-End Financial Statements.
Uniform System of Accounts means Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry, Ninth Revised Edition, 1996, as published by the Hotel Association of New York City, as the same may be further revised from time to time.
Accounting system means the Contractor's system or systems for accounting methods, procedures, and controls established to gather, record, classify, analyze, summarize, interpret, and present accurate and timely financial data for reporting in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and management decisions, and may include subsystems for specific areas such as indirect and other direct costs, compensation, billing, labor, and general information technology.
Applicable Accounting Principles means, with respect to the Borrower, those accounting principles required by the ICA and prescribed by the SEC for the Borrower and, to the extent not so required or prescribed, GAAP.
Balance Sheets has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).
IAS means International Accounting Standards.
Accounting Policies means those specific accounting policies set out in Schedule 2.6(1).
Pro Forma Financial Statements shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(b) hereof.
Consolidated Financial Statements means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the consolidated financial statements and notes to those financial statements, of that Person and its subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this definition, if as of any date or for any period actual consolidated financial statements of any Person have not been prepared, then this term shall include the books and records of that Person ordinarily used in the preparation of such financial statements.
Uniform System means the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry, Tenth Revised Edition 2006, as published by the Education Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association, as revised from time to time to the extent such revision has been or is in the process of being generally implemented within such Uniform System of Accounts.
Historical Financial Statements means the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 and the audited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower for each of the fiscal years in the three year period ending on December 31, 2006.
Consolidated Financials means, for any Fiscal Year or other accounting period of Five Star, annual audited and quarterly unaudited financial statements of Five Star prepared on a consolidated basis, including Five Star’s consolidated balance sheet and the related statements of income and cash flows, all in reasonable detail, and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year, and prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods reflected.
Accounting Standard means GAAP.