Equity Investors means the Sponsors and the Management Stockholders.
Preferred Equity as applied to the Equity Interests of any Person, means Equity Interests of such Person of any class or classes (however designated) that ranks prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to any shares (or other interests) of other Equity Interests of such Person, and shall include, without limitation, cumulative preferred, non-cumulative preferred, participating preferred and convertible preferred Equity Interests.
Preferred Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests in such Person which are entitled to preference or priority over any other Equity Interest in such Person in respect of the payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation or both.
Preferred Equity Interest means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests in such Person which are entitled to preference or priority over any other Equity Interest in such Person in respect of the payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation or both.
Equity Investor means the tax credit investor or syndicator for the proposed project who will acquire an ownership interest in the proposed project and who contributes capital to the Project Sponsor and the closing of the syndication. Equity Investors provide the capital requirements of the Project Sponsor either in the form of a single contribution at the time of entry or a staged level of contributions.
Equity Investment means (i) an Equity Security; and (ii) an ownership interest in any company or other entity, any membership interest that includes a voting right in any company or other entity, any interest in real estate; and any investment or transaction which in substance falls into any of these categories even though it may be structured as some other form of investment or transaction.
Equity Investments shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
Lead Investors means collectively, BlackRock, GSO, Magnetar and, solely for purposes of Section 2.02(b), Investment Partners V (II), LLC.
PIPE Investors means those certain investors participating in the PIPE Investment pursuant to the Subscription Agreements.
Equity Preferred Securities means, with respect to any Person, any trust preferred securities or deferrable interest subordinated debt securities issued by such Person or other financing vehicle of such Person that (i) have an original maturity of at least twenty years, and (ii) require no repayments or prepayments and no mandatory redemptions or repurchases, in each case, prior to the first anniversary of the latest Maturity Date.
CD&R Investors means, collectively, (i) CD&R Fund VIII, (ii) CD&R Friends & Family Fund VIII, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, and any successor in interest thereto, and (iii) any Affiliate of any CD&R Investor identified in clauses (i) and (ii) of this definition.
New Equity Interests means the limited liability company
Qualified equity investment means any equity investment in, or long-term debt security issued by, a qualified community development entity that:
NIM Securities As defined in the tenth Recital to this Agreement.
Equity-linked Securities means any debt or equity securities that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Shares issued in a financing transaction in connection with a Business Combination, including but not limited to a private placement of equity or debt.
Co-Investors means each of (a) the Fund and the Fund Affiliates (excluding any of their portfolio companies) and (b) the Management Group.
Equity Holders means the Stockholders and the Option Holders.
Pari Passu Securities means any class or series of capital stock of the Company hereafter created specifically ranking, by its terms, on parity with the Designated Preferred Stock as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary.
Investors means the Initial Investors and any transferee or assignee who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 hereof.
Preferred Holders means the record owners of outstanding Preferred Securities.
Existing Investors shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.
Reorganization Securities has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9 hereof.
Minority Investment means any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock.
Majority Investors means, as of any date, the holders of a majority of the Investor Shares outstanding on such date.
Preferred Shareholders means the holders of Preferred Shares.
Subordinated Shareholder Funding means, collectively, any funds provided to the Issuer by any Parent, any Affiliate of any Parent or any Permitted Holder or any Affiliate thereof, in exchange for or pursuant to any security, instrument or agreement other than Capital Stock, in each case issued to and held by any of the foregoing Persons, together with any such security, instrument or agreement and any other security or instrument other than Capital Stock issued in payment of any obligation under any Subordinated Shareholder Funding; provided, however, that such Subordinated Shareholder Funding: