Synthetic Leases definition

Synthetic Leases means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and which were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of U.S. federal income taxes, if the lessee in respect thereof is obligated to either purchase for an amount in excess of, or pay upon early termination an amount in excess of, 80% of the residual value of the Property subject to such operating lease upon expiration or early termination of such lease.
Synthetic Leases means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and which were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of United States federal income taxes, if the lessee in respect thereof is obligated to either purchase for an amount in excess of, or pay upon early termination an amount in excess of, 80% of the residual value of the Property subject to such operating lease upon expiration or early termination of such lease.
Synthetic Leases means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and which were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of United States federal income taxes, if the lessee in respect thereof is obligated to either purchase for an amount in excess of, or pay upon early termination an amount in excess of, eighty percent (80%) of the residual value of the Property subject to such operating lease upon expiration or early termination of such lease.

Examples of Synthetic Leases in a sentence

  • Enter into, or permit to exist, any Synthetic Leases or Securitization Transactions.


More Definitions of Synthetic Leases

Synthetic Leases means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product where such transaction is considered borrowed money Indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP.
Synthetic Leases means all leases that shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Company (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and that were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of U.S. federal income taxes, if the lessee in respect thereof is obligated to either purchase for an amount in excess of, or pay upon early termination an amount in excess of, 80% of the residual value of the Property subject to such operating lease upon expiration or early termination of such lease.
Synthetic Leases means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product, where such transaction is considered debt for borrowed money for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP.
Synthetic Leases means, in respect of any Person, all leases that have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent under those leases, and which were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of U.S. federal income Taxes, if the lessee is obligated upon expiration or early termination of the lease to either purchase for an amount in excess of, or pay upon early termination an amount in excess of, 80% of the residual value of the property subject to the operating lease.
Synthetic Leases shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Indebtedness".
Synthetic Leases means, in respect of any Person, all leases which, in accordance with GAAP, have been, or should have been, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and which have been, or should have been, properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of U.S. federal income taxes.
Synthetic Leases has the meaning set forth in the definition of Indebtedness in this Section 1.1.