“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government in a jurisdiction where the Borrower and the Subsidiaries operate the Business, including any supra-national bodies (such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Entity” means any (a) international, multinational, foreign, federal, state, local, municipal, or other government or political subdivision, (b) governmental orquasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, commission, board, bureau, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal) or (c) body exercising, or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including any arbitral tribunal.
“Granting Lender” as defined in Section 10.6(k).
“Grantor” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Guaranteed Obligations” means all Obligations;provided that, with respect to any Guarantor, “Guaranteed Obligations” shall exclude all Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.
“Guarantor” means the Borrower (solely with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations in respect of any Bank Product Agreement or Secured Rate Contract entered into by any other Credit Party and not with respect to its direct Obligations as a primary obligor under the Credit Documents) and each Guarantor Subsidiary, and, in each case, their respective successors and assigns.
“Guarantor Subsidiary” means each direct and indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) that has provided a Guaranty hereunder;provided that the Borrower may, at its option, designate any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not otherwise required to become a Guarantor Subsidiary to become a Guarantor Subsidiary with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld);provided,however, that the Administrative Agent may condition any such consent by limiting the purposes for which such Subsidiary shall constitute a Guarantor Subsidiary for purposes of Section 6 and related definitions used therein.
“Guaranty” means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Section 7.
“Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material, substance or waste, exposure to which, or the Release of which, either is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority or may give rise to Environmental Liability.
“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
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