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.
Qualified Independent Underwriter means a “qualified independent underwriter” within the meaning of FINRA Rule 5121.
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.
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.
Qualified expert means an individual having the knowledge and training to measure ionizing radiation, to evaluate safety techniques, and to advise regarding radiation protection needs, for example, individuals certified in the appropriate field by the American Board of Radiology or the American Board of Health Physics, or those having equivalent qualifications. With reference to the calibration of radiation therapy equipment, an individual having, in addition to the above qualifications, training and experience in the clinical applications of radiation physics to radiation therapy, for example, individuals certified in Therapeutic Radiological Physics or X-Ray and Radium Physics by the American Board of Radiology, or those having equivalent qualifications.
Independent Qualified Party means an investment banking firm, accounting firm or appraisal firm of national standing; provided, however, that such firm is not an Affiliate of the Company.
Independent Accounting Firm means such nationally recognized, independent accounting firm as is mutually appointed by Seller and Buyer for purposes of this Agreement.
Approved Valuation Firm means, with respect to any Collateral Obligation, any valuation firm either (a) specified on the related Asset Approval Request and approved on the related Approval Notice or Reinvestment Request or (b) otherwise approved in writing by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
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.
Independent Valuer means Massarsky Consulting, Inc., appointed by the Board to independently value the Company’s Catalogues within the Portfolio;
Independent Person means a person appointed under section 28(7) of the 2011 Act;
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.
Qualified actuary means a member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Approved Third-Party Appraiser means each of (a) Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Inc., (b) Lincoln International LLC (formerly known as Lincoln Partners LLC), (c) Duff & Xxxxxx Corporation, (d) Valuation Research Corporation, and (e) any other third party appraiser selected by the Borrower in its reasonable discretion.
Expert Determination the process described in Paragraph 6 of Schedule 8.3 (Dispute Resolution Procedure);
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.
Expert is defined in Section 7.9 of this Agreement.
Independent Auditor has the meaning specified in subsection 7.01(a).
Independent Auditors has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
Valuation Firm has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6(c)(ii).
Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure means, as to any Qualifying Preferred Stock or Qualifying Capital Securities, that the issuer has publicly stated its intention, either in the prospectus or other offering document under which such securities were initially offered for sale or in filings with the Commission made by the issuer under the Securities Exchange Act prior to or contemporaneously with the issuance of such securities, that the issuer or any Subsidiary of the issuer will redeem or purchase such securities only with the proceeds of replacement capital securities that have terms and provisions at the time of redemption or purchase that are as or more equity-like than the securities then being redeemed or purchased, raised within 180 days prior to the applicable redemption or purchase date. Notwithstanding the use of the term “Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure” in the definitions of “Qualifying Capital Securities” and “Qualifying Preferred Stock”, the requirement in each such definition that a particular security or the related transaction documents include Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure shall be disregarded and given no force or effect for so long as the Corporation is a bank holding company within the meaning of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.