Independent Accounting Firm means such nationally recognized, independent accounting firm as is mutually appointed by Seller and Buyer for purposes of this Agreement.
Independent Accountant means a nationally recognized accountant, or firm of accountants, that is, with respect to the Trust, an independent public accountant or firm of independent public accountants under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Actuary means a person who is a member in good standing of the American academy of actuaries.
Independent Tax Counsel means a lawyer, a certified public accountant with a nationally recognized accounting firm, or a compensation consultant with a nationally recognized actuarial and benefits consulting firm with expertise in the area of executive compensation tax law, who shall be selected by the Board, and whose fees and disbursements shall be paid by the Company.
Independent Appraiser means a nationally recognized or major regional investment banking firm or firm of independent certified public accountants of recognized standing (which may be the firm that regularly examines the financial statements of the Issuer) that is regularly engaged in the business of appraising the Capital Stock or assets of corporations or other entities as going concerns, and which is not affiliated with either the Issuer or the Holder of any Warrant.
Appointed actuary means any individual who is appointed or retained in accordance with the requirements set forth in 5.34(5)“c” to provide the actuarial opinion and supporting memorandum as required by Iowa Code section 508.36.
Actuarial opinion means the opinion of an appointed actuary regarding the adequacy of the reserves and related actuarial items based on an asset adequacy analysis in accordance with subrule 5.34(6) and with applicable actuarial standards.
Actuarial valuation means a mathematical determination of
Independent Auditors has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
Independent Valuer means Massarsky Consulting, Inc., appointed by the Board to independently value the Company’s Catalogues within the Portfolio;
Independent Firm means a recognized law or accounting firm, provided however, that such term shall not include any accounting firm that performs or has preformed audit services with respect to ALLETE or ADESA.
Independent Financial Expert means a U.S. investment banking firm of national standing in the United States, (i) which does not, and whose directors, officers and employees or affiliates do not have a direct or indirect material financial interest for its proprietary account in the Company or any of its affiliates and (ii) which, in the judgment of the board of directors of the Company, is otherwise independent with respect to the Company and its affiliates and qualified to perform the task for which it is to be engaged.
Independent Auditor has the meaning specified in subsection 7.01(a).
Valuation Firm has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6(c)(ii).
Independent Evaluator A person empowered, pursuant to Section 23.5 (Failure to Reach Agreement) and Section 23.10 (Dispute) of this Agreement, to resolve disputes due to failure of the Parties to agree on a Performance Standards Revision Document.
Adverse Benefit Determination means any of the following:
Independent Valuation Provider means any of Xxxxxxx & Marsal, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Capital, Inc., Duff & Xxxxxx LLC, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx and Company, Lincoln Partners Advisors, LLC, Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, LLC and Valuation Research Corporation and Xxxxx, or any other Independent nationally recognized third-party appraisal firm selected by the Administrative Agent, and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower.
Qualified actuary means a member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Tax Counsel shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 hereof.
Independent living means a planned program of services designed to assist a child age 16 and over
Independent Expert means a Person or entity with no material current or prior business or personal relationship with the Advisor or the Directors and who is engaged to a substantial extent in the business of rendering opinions regarding the value of assets of the type held by the Company.
Actuarial method means the method of allocating a fixed level monthly payment on an obligation between principal and interest, pursuant to which the portion of such payment that is allocated to interest is equal to the product of (a) 1/12, (b) the fixed annual rate of interest on such obligation and (c) the outstanding principal balance of such obligation.
independent review committee means the independent review committee of the investment fund established under National Instrument 81-107 Independent Review Committee for Investment Funds;
the Auditors means the auditors from time to time of the company or, in the case of joint auditors, any one of them;