Securitization Subsidiary means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in one or more Qualified Securitization Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.
Securitization Entity means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Borrower (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity (i) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (A) is guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings); (B) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or (C) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; (ii) with which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms, taken as a whole, no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing receivables of such entity, standard Securitization Undertakings and other terms, including Purchase Money Notes, typical in Securitization Transactions; and (iii) to which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower has any obligations to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall be evidenced to the Agent (for distribution to the Lenders) by filing with the Agent a certified copy of the Board Resolution of the Borrower giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
First Tier Foreign Subsidiary means each Foreign Subsidiary with respect to which any one or more of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries directly owns or Controls more than 50% of such Foreign Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding Equity Interests.
Special purpose equipment means equipment which is used only for research, medical, scientific, or other technical activities. Examples of special purpose equipment include microscopes, x-ray machines, surgical instruments, and spectrometers.
Excluded Subsidiary means (a) each Immaterial Subsidiary, (b) each Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 8.10 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary), (c) each Subsidiary (i) that is prohibited by any applicable Requirement of Law or Contractual Requirement (with respect to any such Contractual Requirement, only to the extent existing on the Closing Date or on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company and not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing the Obligations (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect), (ii) that would require consent, approval, license or authorization to provide a Guarantee of the Obligations from a Governmental Authority (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received) or for which the provision of such Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Company in consultation with the Administrative Agent) or (iii) that is a CFC (or a Subsidiary of a CFC) or FSHCO, (d) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (e) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (f) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder and financed with secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 9.04, and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder that guarantees such secured Indebtedness, in each case, to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such secured Indebtedness to which such Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations and such prohibition was not created in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder and (g) any special purpose entity (including any not-for-profit entity).