“German Qualifying Lender” means, in respect of interest payable by a German Borrower, a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to it under a Finance Document and is (a) lending through a Facility Office in Germany, or (b) a German Treaty Lender.
“German Treaty Lender” means a Lender which:
| (a) | is treated as a resident of a German Treaty State for the purposes of the relevant German Treaty; |
| (b) | does not carry on a business in Germany through a permanent establishment with which that Lender’s participation in the Loan is effectively connected; and |
| (c) | fulfils any other conditions which must be fulfilled under the relevant German Treaty by residents of the relevant German Treaty State for such residents to obtain full exemption from Tax imposed on interest by the relevant German Treaty State, including the completion of any necessary procedural formalities. |
“German Treaty State” means a jurisdiction having an avoidance of double taxation agreement (a “German Treaty”) with Germany which makes provision for full exemption from Tax imposed by Germany on interest.
“German GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in Germany.
“German GmbH Guarantor” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b) of Clause 22.11 (Guarantee limitations).
“German Original Obligor” means an Original Obligor incorporated under the laws of Germany.
“GmbHG” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of Clause 22.11 (Guarantee limitations).
“Government Approval” means any consent, license, approval, registration, permit, sanction, filing or registration with or other authorisation or other action of any nature that is required to be granted or taken by or with any Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means any national, state, county, city, town, village, municipal or other local governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, authority or instrumentality of any relevant nation or any political subdivision thereof, and any person or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any of the foregoing entities, including, without limitation, all commissions, boards, bureaus, arbitrators and arbitration panels, and any authority or other person or entity controlled by any of the foregoing.
“Gross Outstandings” means, in relation to a Multi-account Overdraft, the Ancillary Outstandings of that Multi-account Overdraft but calculated on the basis that the words “(net of any Available Credit Balance)” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “Ancillary Outstandings” were deleted.
“Group” means the Company and its Subsidiaries and “member of the Group” shall be construed accordingly.
“Guarantor” means each Original Guarantor and each Additional Guarantor unless it has ceased to be a Guarantor in accordance with Clause 31 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Historic Screen Rate” means, in relation to any Loan, the most recent applicable Screen Rate for the currency of that Loan and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan and which is as of a day which is no more than three (3) calendar days before the Quotation Day.
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