Securitization Subsidiary means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in one or more Qualified Securitization Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.
Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary means (i) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower established in connection with a Permitted Securitization Financing for the acquisition of Securitization Assets or interests therein, and which is organized in a manner (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) intended to reduce the likelihood that it would be substantively consolidated with Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries) in the event Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower or any such Subsidiary becomes subject to a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or other insolvency law) and (ii) any subsidiary of a Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary.
Securitization Entity means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Borrower (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity (i) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (A) is guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings); (B) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or (C) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; (ii) with which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms, taken as a whole, no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing receivables of such entity, standard Securitization Undertakings and other terms, including Purchase Money Notes, typical in Securitization Transactions; and (iii) to which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower has any obligations to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall be evidenced to the Agent (for distribution to the Lenders) by filing with the Agent a certified copy of the Board Resolution of the Borrower giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
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 Company.
Receivables Subsidiary means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.
Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries means any Restricted Subsidiaries that are Consolidated Subsidiaries.
Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing for the acquisition of Receivables Assets or interests therein, and which is organized in a manner intended to reduce the likelihood that it would be substantively consolidated with the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries) in the event the Borrower or any such Subsidiary becomes subject to a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or other insolvency law).
Qualified Securitization Financing means any Securitization Financing of a Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (i) the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Securitization Subsidiary, (ii) all sales of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and (iii) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings. The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness hereunder and under any other Credit Agreement or any permitted additional Indebtedness with Pari Passu Lien Priority and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.
Project Financing Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (or any other Person in which Borrower directly or indirectly owns a 50% or less interest) whose principal purpose is to incur Project Financing or to become an owner of interests in a Person so created to conduct the business activities for which such Project Financing was incurred, and substantially all the fixed assets of which Subsidiary or Person are those fixed assets being financed (or to be financed) in whole or in part by one or more Project Financings.
Permitted Securitization Financing means one or more transactions pursuant to which (i) Securitization Assets or interests therein are sold or transferred to or financed by one or more Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries, and (ii) such Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries finance (or refinance) their acquisition of such Securitization Assets or interests therein, or the financing thereof, by selling or borrowing against Securitization Assets (including conduit and warehouse financings) and any Hedging Agreements entered into in connection with such Securitization Assets; provided, that recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than the Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries) in connection with such transactions shall be limited to the extent customary (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) for similar transactions in the applicable jurisdictions (including, to the extent applicable, in a manner consistent with the delivery of a “true sale”/“absolute transfer” opinion with respect to any transfer by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary).
Guarantor Subsidiaries has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
Acquisition Subsidiary shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Receivables Financing means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries); and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any Hedging Obligations entered into by the Issuer or any such Subsidiary in connection with such accounts receivable.
Excluded Subsidiaries means any Subsidiary of any Holding Company that is not itself a Holding Company or the Borrower and that is: (a) listed on Schedule 1.02 as of the Closing Date; (b) a CFC or a CFC Holding Company; (c) any not-for-profit Subsidiary; (d) a Joint Venture or a Subsidiary that is not otherwise a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary; (e) an Immaterial Subsidiary; (f) an Unrestricted Subsidiary; (g) a Captive Insurance Subsidiary or other special purpose entity; (h) prohibited by any applicable Requirement of Law or contractual obligation from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure any of the Secured Obligations or with respect to which any consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority would be required for the provision of any such guaranty (but in the case of such guaranty being prohibited due to a contractual obligation, such contractual obligation shall have been in place at the Closing Date or at the time such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary); provided that each such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary solely pursuant to this clause (h) if such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained (it being understood and agreed that no Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to seek any such consent, approval, license or authorization); (i) with respect to which the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) reasonably determines that guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure any of the Secured Obligations would result in material adverse tax consequences; (j) with respect to which the Borrower and the Administrative Agent reasonably agree that the cost and/or burden of providing a guaranty of the Secured Obligations outweighs the benefits to the Lenders; (k) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of an Excluded Subsidiary; (l) a Securitization Subsidiary; (m) organized or incorporated outside of the United States or any state, province, territory or jurisdiction thereof, (n) [reserved] and (o) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment that, at the time of such Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment, has assumed secured Indebtedness permitted hereunder and not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment and each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent (and solely for so long as) such secured Indebtedness prohibits such Restricted Subsidiary from becoming a Guarantor (provided that each such Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary under this clause (o) if such secured Indebtedness is repaid or becomes unsecured, if such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be an obligor with respect to such secured Indebtedness or such prohibition no longer exists, as applicable).
Qualified Securitization Transaction means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to:
Qualified Receivables Financing means any Receivables Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:
Additional Security Documents shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.12(a).
Securitization Indebtedness means (1) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to on-balance sheet Securitizations treated as financings and (2) any Indebtedness consisting of advances made to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries based upon securities issued by a Securitization Entity pursuant to a Securitization and acquired or retained by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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.
Permitted Debt Exchange Notes shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Restricted Subsidiaries means the Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
Securitization Assets means (a) the accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams and other rights to payment and other assets related thereto subject to a Qualified Securitization Facility and the proceeds thereof and (b) contract rights, lockbox accounts and records with respect to such accounts receivable and any other assets customarily transferred together with accounts receivable in a securitization financing.
Receivables Securitization any financing pursuant to which accounts receivable of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are (or are purported to be) sold or pledged, which financing shall be non-recourse (except for customary limited recourse provisions) to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
SPE Subsidiary means any Subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of, and that engages only in, one or more Securitization Transactions.
Permitted Securitization means, for any Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any sale, assignment, conveyance, grant and/or contribution, or series of related sales, assignments, conveyances, grants and/or contributions, by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of Receivables (or purported sale, assignment, conveyance, grant and/or contribution) to a trust, corporation or other entity, where the purchase of such Receivables may be funded or exchanged in whole or in part by the incurrence or issuance by the applicable Securitization SPV, if any, of Indebtedness or securities (such Indebtedness and securities being “Attributable Securitization Obligations”) that are to be secured by or otherwise satisfied by payments from, or that represent interests in, the cash flow derived primarily from such Receivables (provided, however, that “Indebtedness” as used in this definition shall not include Indebtedness incurred by a Securitization SPV owed to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which Indebtedness represents all or a portion of the purchase price or other consideration paid by such Securitization SPV for such receivables or interests therein), where (i) any representation, warranty, covenant, recourse, repurchase, hold harmless, indemnity or similar obligations of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, in respect of Receivables sold, assigned, conveyed, granted or contributed, or payments made in respect thereof, are customary for transactions of this type, and do not prevent the characterization of the transaction as a true sale under Applicable Laws (including debtor relief laws) and (ii) any representation, warranty, covenant, recourse, repurchase, hold harmless, indemnity or similar obligations of any Securitization SPV in respect of Receivables sold, assigned, conveyed, granted or contributed or payments made in respect thereof, are customary for transactions of this type.