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.
Adjusted Net Earnings from Operations means, with respect to any fiscal period of the Borrower, the Borrower’s net income after provision for income taxes for such fiscal period, as determined in accordance with GAAP and reported on the Financial Statements for such period, excluding any and all of the following included in such net income: (a) gain or loss arising from the sale of any capital assets; (b) gain arising from any write-up in the book value of any asset; (c) earnings of any Person, substantially all the assets of which have been acquired by the Borrower in any manner, to the extent realized by such other Person prior to the date of acquisition; (d) earnings of any Person in which the Borrower has an ownership interest unless (and only to the extent) such earnings shall actually have been received by the Borrower in the form of cash distributions; (e) earnings of any Person to which assets of the Borrower shall have been sold, transferred or disposed of, or into which the Borrower shall have been merged, or which has been a party with the Borrower to any consolidation or other form of reorganization, prior to the date of such transaction; (f) gain arising from the acquisition of debt or equity securities of the Borrower or from cancellation or forgiveness of Debt; (g) gains or non-cash losses arising from Hedge Agreements entered into by Borrower, and (h) gain arising from extraordinary items, as determined in accordance with GAAP, or from any other non-recurring transaction.
Consolidated Capital means the sum of (i) Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and (ii) the consolidated equity of all classes of stock (whether common, preferred, mandatorily convertible preferred or preference) of the Borrower, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, but including Equity-Preferred Securities issued by the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and excluding the funded pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax, components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
Adjusted Funds From Operations means, for any period, Net Cash Flows From Operating Activities for such period plus Interest Expense for such period minus (x) the portion (but not less than zero) of Net Cash Flows From Operating Activities for such period attributable to any consolidated Subsidiary that has no Debt other than Nonrecourse Indebtedness and (y) After-Tax Transitional Funding Instrument Revenue for such period.
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.
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.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
Consolidated Adjusted Net Income means, for any period, the net income (or net loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, adjusted to the extent included in calculating such net income or loss by excluding:
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.
Adjusted Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the sum of the amount of all net non-cash charges (including, without limitation, depreciation, amortization, deferred tax expense and non-cash interest expense) and net non-cash losses which were included in arriving at Consolidated Net Income for such period, less the amount of all net non-cash gains and non-cash credits which were included in arriving at Consolidated Net Income for such period.
Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means (without duplication), as of the date of determination, the remainder of:
Adjusted Capital and Reserves means the aggregate of:
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 EBITR means, for any fiscal period of the Borrower, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income (Loss) for such period, plus, to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income (Loss), (i) Consolidated Tax Expense for such period, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, and (iii) Consolidated Rental Expense for such period.
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the four full fiscal quarters (the “Four-Quarter Period”) ending prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for which internal financial statements are available (the “Transaction Date”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four-Quarter Period. In addition to, and without limitation of, the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to (i) the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness or the issuance of any Designated Preferred Stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness or the issuance or redemption of other Preferred Stock (and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to revolving credit facilities, occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment or issuance or redemption, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), had occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter Period; and (ii) any Asset Sales or other dispositions or Asset Acquisitions (including any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the assets which are the subject of the Asset Acquisition or Asset Sale or other disposition and without regard to clause (vi) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income), investments, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence or assumption of any such Acquired Indebtedness), investment, merger, consolidation or disposed operation, occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter Period. If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such other Indebtedness that was so guaranteed.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:
U.S. GAAP means United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow means, for any period, an amount (if positive) equal to:
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.
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA means, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period plus
Consolidated Return means any Tax Return relating to Income Taxes filed pursuant to Section 1502 of the Code, or any comparable combined, consolidated, or unitary group Tax Return relating to Income Taxes filed under state or local tax law which, in each case, includes IDT and at least one subsidiary.
Consolidated Net Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) gross interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP (including, without limitation, interest expense paid to Affiliates of such Person), less (b) the sum of (i) interest income for such period and (ii) gains for such period on Hedging Agreements (to the extent not included in interest income above and to the extent not deducted in the calculation of gross interest expense), plus (c) the sum of (i) losses for such period on Hedging Agreements (to the extent not included in gross interest expense) and (ii) the upfront costs or fees for such period associated with Hedging Agreements (to the extent not included in gross interest expense), in each case, determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
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 Ratio means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Four-Quarter Period ending on the date of computation thereof, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDAR to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges;
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
Consolidated Net Debt means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt minus (b) Available Cash.