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.
Independent Financial Consultant means a financial consultant or firm of such consultants generally recognized to be well qualified in the financial consulting field, appointed and paid by the District, who, or each of whom:
Independent Financial Advisor means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
Independent Financial Adviser means an independent financial institution of international repute appointed by the Company at its own expense.
Independent Firm means a recognized law or accounting firm; provided, however, that such term shall not include any accounting firm that performs or has preformed audit services with respect to Distributing or Controlled.
Independent Accounting Firm has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(c).
Independent Auditor has the meaning specified in subsection 7.01(a).
Independent Auditors has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
Independent Accountant has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(c)(iii).
investment firm means any legal person whose regular occupation or business is the provision of one or more investment services to third parties and/or the performance of one or more investment activities on a professional basis;
CPA Firm has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c).
Independent Advisor means an independent, nationally recognized accounting firm approved by the Parties, where such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld by either Party.
Independent adjuster means an insurance adjuster required to be licensed under
Independent Party means, with respect to a BDC Downstream Fund, (i) if the BDC Downstream Fund has a board of directors (or the equivalent), the board or (ii) if the BDC Downstream Fund does not have a board of directors (or the equivalent), a transaction committee or advisory committee of the BDC Downstream Fund.
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.
Audit Committee Financial Expert means a person who has the following attributes:
Accounting Firm has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c).
financial expert means an individual, company or firm who is authorised to give investment advice under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
Independent living means a planned program of services designed to assist a child age 16 and over
Valuation Firm has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6(c)(ii).
Independent Adviser means an independent financial institution of international repute or an independent financial adviser with appropriate expertise appointed by the Issuer under Condition 5(j)(i).
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 Employer and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Executive, and whose fees and disbursements shall be paid by the Employer.
Selected Firm means the firm who is selected by the City and to whom the City Council/City Manager awards a contract for the services or commodities requested in this solicitation.
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.
Neutral Accountant means a national independent accounting firm selected by Buyer and reasonably acceptable to Sellers.
Independent Shareholders means holders of Voting Shares, other than: