Fixed GAAP Date means the Issue Date; provided that at any time after the Issue Date, the Company 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.
UK GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United Kingdom.
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.
U.S. GAAP means United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
GAAP means United States generally accepted accounting principles.
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.
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).
Adjusted Consolidated Net Worth means, at any date, without duplication, the sum of (a) the consolidated shareholders’ equity, determined in accordance with GAAP, of the Guarantor and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, plus (b) the aggregate Hybrid Instrument Amount plus (c) the VA Adjustment Amount; provided that, in determining such Adjusted Consolidated Net Worth, there shall be excluded (i) any “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)” shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP, (ii) the effect of any election under the fair value option in FASB ASC 825 permitting a Person to measure its financial assets or liabilities at the fair value thereof, and the related tax impact and (iii) all noncontrolling interests (as determined in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, entitled “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements”) shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Net Assets means Consolidated Assets after deduction of Consolidated Current Liabilities.
Adjusted Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined in conformity with GAAP; provided that the following items shall be excluded in computing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income (without duplication): (i) the net income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by such Person during such period; (ii) solely for the purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to clause (C) of the first paragraph of Section 4.04 (and in such case, except to the extent includable pursuant to clause (i) above), the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or all or substantially all of the property and assets of such Person are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of such net income is not at the time permitted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary; (iv) any gains or losses (on an after-tax basis) attributable to Asset Sales; (v) except for purposes of calculating , the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to clause (C) of the first paragraph of Section 4.04, any amount paid or accrued as dividends on Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owned by Persons other than the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (vi) all extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses (on an after-tax basis).
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.
Consolidated Net Earnings means, for any period, the net income (loss) of Borrower for such period, as determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income (Loss) of any Person means, for any period, the Consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a Consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income (or loss), by excluding, without duplication, (i) all extraordinary gains or losses (exclusive of all fees and expenses relating thereto), (ii) the portion of net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by such Person or one of its Subsidiaries, (iii) net income (or loss) of any Person combined with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries on a “pooling of interests” basis attributable to any period prior to the date of combination, (iv) any gain or loss, net of taxes, realized upon the termination of any employee pension benefit plan, (v) net gains (or losses) (except for all fees and expenses relating thereto) in respect of dispositions of assets other than in the ordinary course of business, (vi) the net income of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders, (vii) any gain arising from the acquisition of any securities, or the extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness of such Person, (viii) transaction costs charged in connection with the Refinancing, or (ix) amortization of intangible assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis under GAAP.
Consolidated Net Loss for any fiscal period, means the amount which, in conformity with GAAP, would be set forth opposite the caption "net income" (or any like caption), as the case may be, on a consolidated statement of earnings of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such fiscal period.
Consolidated Fixed Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
Consolidated Net Worth means at any time the consolidated stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time.
Consolidated Net Debt means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date that is not Restricted.
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication,
Consolidated Total Net Debt means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, purchase money indebtedness, Attributable Indebtedness, and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes, bonds, debentures, loan agreements or similar instruments, minus the aggregate amount of all unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Total Net Debt shall not include Indebtedness (i) in respect of letters of credit (including Letters of Credit), except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder; provided that any unreimbursed amount under commercial letters of credit shall not be counted as Consolidated Total Net Debt until three Business Days after such amount is drawn, (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, Non-Financing Lease Obligations and (iii) of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that obligations under Swap Contracts do not constitute Consolidated Total Net Debt.
IFRS means the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio means, with respect to the Borrowers for the period of computation thereof, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such period plus Consolidated Lease Expense for such period, to (ii) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period;
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles means generally accepted accounting principles, being those principles of accounting set forth in pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or which have other substantial authoritative support and are applicable in the circumstances as of the date of a report.
Agreed Accounting Principles means GAAP; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter as to which there is more than one generally accepted accounting principle, Agreed Accounting Principles means the generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied in the preparation of the Latest Audited Company Balance Sheet; provided, further, that, for purposes of the Agreed Accounting Principles, no known adjustments for items or matters, regardless of the amount thereof, shall be deemed to be immaterial.
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges, in each case, for the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters.