Excluded Domestic Subsidiary means any Domestic Subsidiary that is (a) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or (b) an Excluded Domestic Holdco.
Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is also a Domestic Subsidiary.
Material Domestic Subsidiary means any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary.
Disregarded Domestic Subsidiary means any direct or indirect (other than through a Foreign Subsidiary) Domestic Subsidiary of which all but a de minimis amount of the assets of which consist of equity interests of one or more indirect Foreign Subsidiaries.
Significant Domestic Subsidiary means any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary.
Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary means any Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Material Domestic Subsidiary.
Domestic Subsidiaries means all Subsidiaries incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiary means any Consolidated Subsidiary all of the shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of which (except directors' qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower.
Excluded Subsidiaries (a) any Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited by law, regulation or by any Contractual Obligation existing on the Closing Date or on the date such Subsidiary is acquired (so long as such prohibition is not created in contemplation of such acquisition) from providing a Guarantee Obligation in respect of the Obligations (and for so long as such restrictions or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect) or that would require a governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization in order to provide such Guarantee Obligation (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has already been obtained) or where the provision of such guaranty could result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (b) any Subsidiary that is a Disregarded Domestic Person, (c) any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of an Excluded Subsidiary, (d) any captive insurance Subsidiary that provides workers compensation and/or health insurance to members of the Consolidated Group, (e) any not-for-profit Subsidiary, (f) any Subsidiary that is a special purpose entity, (g) any Foreign Subsidiary, (h) solely in respect of Excluded Swap Obligations, any Excluded Swap Guarantor, (i) each Subsidiary designated as an Excluded Subsidiary on Schedule 6.13 as of the Closing Date and (j) subject to Section 8.15, any other Subsidiary designated by the Borrower from time to time after the date hereof in connection with (i) any CMBS Financing, (ii) any Joint Venture, (iii) any Permitted Acquisition or (iv) the entrance into any new operating lease, capital lease, management contract or other Contractual Obligation that, in each case of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), was entered into for bona fide business purposes and that the Borrower reasonably believes in good faith would prohibit such Subsidiary from becoming a Guarantor hereunder; and provided that, in each case, (x) immediately before and after such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (y) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Covenants.
Designated Foreign Subsidiaries means all members of the Company Group that are organized under the laws of any jurisdiction or country other than the United States of America that may be designated by the Board or the Committee from time to time.
Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries any Foreign Subsidiary in respect of which either (i) the pledge of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (ii) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
Non-U.S. Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a U.S. Subsidiary.
Domestic entity means an entity whose internal affairs are governed by the law of this state.
Excluded Equity Interests means (a) any Equity Interests with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the cost or other consequences of pledging such Equity Interests in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom, (b) solely in the case of any pledge of Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO (in each case, that is owned directly by the Borrower or a Guarantor) to secure the Obligations, any Equity Interest that is Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO in excess of 65% of the Voting Stock of such Subsidiary, (c) any Equity Interests to the extent the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Requirement of Law, (d) in the case of (i) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary to the extent the pledge of such Equity Interests is prohibited by Contractual Requirements existing on the Closing Date or at the time such Subsidiary is acquired (provided that such Contractual Requirements have not been entered into in contemplation of such Subsidiary being acquired), or (ii) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly owned Subsidiary at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, any Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary described in clause (i) or (ii) to the extent (A) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirements of Law), (B) any Contractual Requirement prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided that this clause (B) shall not apply if (1) such other party is a Credit Party or a Wholly owned Subsidiary or (2) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent)) and only for so long as such Contractual Requirement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (C) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than a Credit Party or a Wholly owned Subsidiary) to any Contractual Requirement governing such Equity Interests the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than customary non-assignment provisions that are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirement of Law), (e) the Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary (unless a security interest in the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary may be perfected by filing an “all assets” UCC financing statement) and any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (f) the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO, (g) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Equity Interests would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower, (h) any Equity Interests set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) which have been identified on or prior to the Closing Date in writing to the Administrative Agent by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and agreed to by the Administrative Agent and (i) Margin Stock.
Foreign Subsidiaries means each Subsidiary of a Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary means, as to any Person, any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person which is a Foreign Subsidiary.
Qualified Equity Interests means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
Canadian Subsidiaries means the Subsidiaries organized under the laws of Canada or any province, territory or other political subdivision thereof.
Immaterial Subsidiaries means those Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are “designated” as Immaterial Subsidiaries by the Borrower from time to time (it being understood that the Borrower may at any time change any such designation); provided that such designated Immaterial Subsidiaries shall collectively meet all of the following criteria as of the date of the most recent balance sheet required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01: (a) the aggregate assets of such Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) as of such date do not exceed an amount equal to 3% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date; and (b) the aggregate revenues of such Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for the fiscal quarter ending on such date do not exceed an amount equal to 3% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.
Qualified Equity Interest means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest.
Transferred Equity means the equity interest in the Company which the WFOE has the right to request either of the Company Shareholders to transfer to it or its designated entity or individual in accordance with Article 3 hereof when the WFOE exercises its Equity Transfer Option, the quantity of which may be all or part of the Option Equity and the specific amount of which shall be determined by the WFOE at its sole discretion in accordance with the then-effective PRC Law and based on its commercial consideration.
Disqualified Equity Interests means any Equity Interests that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interest into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) mature or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests) (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), in whole or in part, (c) provide for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash (unless any such dividend may be made in Qualified Equity Interests at the election of the Company) or (d) are or become convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
Transferred Subsidiaries shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Inverted domestic corporation means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c).
Permitted Equity Interests means common stock of the Borrower that after its issuance is not subject to any agreement between the holder of such common stock and the Borrower where the Borrower is required to purchase, redeem, retire, acquire, cancel or terminate any such common stock.