“Environmental Claim” shall mean any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any governmental authority or any other Person, arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, (b) in connection with any Hazardous Materials or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity, or (c) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment.
“Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable federal, state or local laws, statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances, codes, common law, consent agreements, orders, decrees, judgments or injunctions issued, promulgated, approved or entered thereunder relating to public health, safety or the pollution or protection of the environment, including, without limitation, those relating to releases, discharges, emissions, spills, leaching, or disposals to air, water, land or ground water, to the withdrawal or use of ground water, to the use, handling or disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos or urea formaldehyde, to the treatment, storage, disposal or management of hazardous substances (including, without limitation, petroleum, crude oil or any fraction thereof, or other hydrocarbons), pollutants or contaminants, to exposure to toxic, hazardous or other controlled, prohibited, or regulated substances, including, without limitation, any such provisions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §1801 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act (33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.), each as amended or supplemented, any analogous present or future state or local statutes or laws, and any regulations promulgated pursuant to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Issuance” shall mean (a) any issuance by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any Holding Company or any Intermediate Holding Company of Capital Stock (including any issuance pursuant to the granting of or exercise of any options or warrants or the incurrence of or conversion of any debt securities into Capital Stock) to any Person other than a Credit Party and (b) any capital contribution from any Person (other than a Credit Party) to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Holding Company or any Intermediate Holding Company.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the rules and regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any Person, including a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the Borrower, that together with the Borrower would be deemed to be a member of the same “controlled group” within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“ERISA Event” shall mean an event where any one or more of the following occurs: (a) any Reportable Event with respect to a Plan; or (b) any failure to satisfy the minimum funding standards, or any occurrence of an accumulated funding deficiency, within the meaning of Section 302, 303, and 304 of ERISA or in Section 412, 430, 431, and 432 of the Code, with respect to any Plan maintained by Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, or to which the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has liabilities or, any trust created thereunder; or (c) a trustee is appointed by a United States District Court to administer any Plan; or (d) the PBGC institutes proceedings to terminate any Plan; or (e) the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate incurs any liability to the PBGC in connection with the termination of any Plan; or (f) the withdrawal of the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan subject to 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; or (g) any Plan or trust created under any Plan of the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate engages in a “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) which would
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