Non-United States Person Any Person other than a United States Person.
United States Person shall have the meanings specified in Section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code.
U.S. Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Foreign Securities System means an Eligible Securities Depository listed on Schedule B hereto.
United States Tax Person A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, an estate whose income from sources without the United States is includible in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its source or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, all within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (or, to the extent provided in the applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as United States Tax Persons).
Foreign Securities include: securities issued and sold primarily outside the United States by a foreign government, a national of any foreign country or a corporation or other organization incorporated or organized under the laws of any foreign country and securities issued or guaranteed by the government of the United States or by any state or any political subdivision thereof or by any agency thereof or by any entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof which have been issued and sold primarily outside the United States.
Qualified United States financial institution means an institution that:
Non-United States Tax Person Any Person other than a United States Tax Person.
Disqualified Non-United States Tax Person With respect to any Class R Certificate, any Non-United States Tax Person or agent thereof other than: (1) a Non-United States Tax Person that (a) holds such Class R Certificate and, for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-3(a)(3), is subject to tax under Section 882 of the Code, (b) certifies that it understands that, for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(ii), as a holder of such Class R Certificate for United States federal income tax purposes, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by such Class R Certificate and intends to pay taxes associated with holding such Class R Certificate, and (c) has furnished the Transferor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Tax Administrator with an effective IRS Form W-8ECI or successor form and has agreed to update such form as required under the applicable Treasury regulations; or (2) a Non-United States Tax Person that has delivered to the Transferor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Tax Administrator an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel to the effect that (x) the Transfer of such Class R Certificate to it is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (y) such Transfer of such Class R Certificate will not be disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes.
U.S. Securities Laws means all applicable securities legislation in the United States, including without limitation, the U.S. Securities Act, the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any applicable state securities laws;
U.S. Persons means such persons as defined in Regulation S of the United States Securities Act of 1933 and particularly includes residents of the United States as well as American stock corporations and private companies.
Rule 904 means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
U.S. Securities System means a securities depository or book-entry system authorized by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC.
Rule 144A Securities means Securities of a series designated pursuant to Section 2.01 as entitled to the benefits of Section 4.03(b).
QIBs means qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A.
U.S. Securities means Securities issued by an issuer that is organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or that are otherwise traded in the United States, and shall include American Depositary Receipts.
U.S. Person means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Citizen of the United States has the meaning specified for such term in Section 40102(a)(15) of Title 49 of the United States Code or any similar legislation of the United States enacted in substitution or replacement therefor.
Applicable Canadian Securities Laws means, collectively, and as the context may require, the applicable securities legislation of each of the provinces and territories of Canada, and the rules, regulations, instruments, orders and policies published and/or promulgated thereunder, as such may be amended from time to time prior to the Effective Date;
1933 Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and any comparable or successor laws or regulations thereto.
United States Bankruptcy Code means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended and as codified in Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time hereafter, or any successor federal bankruptcy law.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Canadian Securities Laws means all applicable securities laws of each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and the respective rules and regulations under such laws together with applicable published national, multilateral and local policy statements, instruments, notices, blanket orders and rulings of the securities regulatory authorities in the Qualifying Jurisdictions;
Federal Securities Laws means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Investment Company Act, the Investment Advisers Act, Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, any rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under any of these statutes, the Bank Secrecy Act as it applies to investment companies and investment advisers, and any rules adopted thereunder by the Commission or the Department of the Treasury.
Offshore Transaction Any “offshore transaction” as defined in Rule 902(h) of Regulation S.