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“EEA Member Country” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the Agent confirms that it has received (or waived its requirement to receive) the documents and evidence described in Schedule 1 (Conditions Precedent Documents and Evidence) of the Amending and Restating Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to it.
“Eligible Collateral” means cash or assets meeting a description set out in Schedule 11 (Eligible Collateral).
“Eligible Currency” means Sterling, Euros, Dollars and any other currency agreed by all of the Banks.
“Eligible Investments” means (a) Permitted Investments, (b) investments in debt and/or equity securities, (c) investments in loan portfolios, (d) investments in derivatives and other financial instruments and (e) Repurchase Agreements.
“Eligible Primary FAL Amount” means, in respect of a Corporate Member at any time, the amount given by:
| (a) | the Sterling Equivalent Amount of themark-to-market value of the Primary FAL of that Corporate Member which, to the satisfaction of the Agent, Lloyd’s has indicated in a Letter of Comfort (or is expected by the Agent to indicate in a Letter of Comfort to be issued within 10 Banking Days) will be applied by Lloyd’s in accordance with the order specified in Clause 3.6 but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Interavailable Primary FAL of that Corporate Member; minus |
| (b) | to the extent it would otherwise be included in (a), the Sterling Equivalent Amount of any assets which have been deposited to fund any Solvency Shortfall Amount of that Corporate Member, or which any document provided by Lloyd’s to the Corporate Member indicates are being treated by Lloyd’s as funding any Solvency Shortfall Amount of that Corporate Member; provided that if there is an increase in the Solvency Shortfall Amount of that Corporate Member in respect of which additional assets have not been deposited with Lloyd’s then the deduction under this paragraph (b) will only be extended in respect of the increase in that Solvency Shortfall Amount if that increase exceeds the Solvency Shortfall Amount Threshold of that Corporate Member. |
“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local, municipal and foreign Laws (including common law), treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, injunctions, permits, directives, orders (including consent orders), and legally binding requirements of any Governmental Authority, in each case concerning the protection of the environment, natural resources and human health and safety as it relates to any Hazardous Materials, or the presence, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, or the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, recycling, disposal or handling of, or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous Materials, in each case not relating to or arising out of the insurance or reinsurance activities of the Group.
“Environmental Liability” means all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs (including administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise, arising out of (a) actual or alleged noncompliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, recycling, disposal or handling of, or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous