United States Securities Person Any “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S.
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.
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.
United States shareholder means, with respect to any foreign corporation, a United States person who owns, or is considered as owning, 10 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote of such foreign corporation.
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.
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;
Federal Securities means: (a) any direct general obligations of the United States of America (including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America), for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America are pledged; (b) obligations of any agency, department or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of principal and interest on which are directly or indirectly secured or guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America.
Foreign Securities System means an Eligible Securities Depository listed on Schedule B hereto.
U.S. Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
Rule 144A Securities means all Initial Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A.
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.
Waters of the United States or "waters of the U.S." means:
Approved Securities means securities of any State Government or of the Central Government and such bonds, both the principal whereof and the interest whereon shall have been fully and unconditionally guaranteed by any such Government;
Offeror’s Securities means Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by an Offeror on the date of the Offer to Acquire;
BofA Securities means BofA Securities, Inc.
Canadian Securities Laws means all applicable securities laws in each of the provinces and territories of Canada and the respective regulations made thereunder, together with applicable published fee schedules, prescribed forms, rules, multilateral or national instruments, orders, rulings and other regulatory instruments issued or adopted by the Securities Commissions.
Excess Securities means the Corporation Securities which are the subject of the Prohibited Transfer.
Securities as used herein does not include (i) securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
Regulation S Securities means all Initial Securities offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.
Notes Secured Parties means the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders of the Notes.
Exempt Securities has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(d).
Designated Securities means securities issued by an Insured, or by any Affiliated Entity, or by any Fund to which such Insured or any Affiliated Entity provides any services.
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;
Exempted Securities means:
QIBs means qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A.