parent guarantors, and Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, as mandated lead arranger, original lender, agent and security agent, providing for revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after termination or otherwise and whether with the original lenders or otherwise) or refinanced, in each case, in whole from time to time with any other asset based revolving credit facility, including any extension of the maturity thereof or increase in the available amount of borrowings thereunder (the “TDB Facility”).
“Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, directives, claims, liens, written notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations and/or proceedings relating in any way to any noncompliance with, or liability arising under, Environmental Law or to any permit issued, or any approval given, under any Environmental Law (hereafter, “Claims”), including, without limitation, (a) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law, and (b) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief arising out of or relating to an alleged injury or threat of injury to human health, safety or the environment due to the presence of Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Law” shall mean any Federal, state, foreign or local statute, law (including principles of common law), rule, regulation, ordinance, code, directive, judgment or order, now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, relating to the protection of the environment, or of human health (as it relates to the exposure to Hazardous Materials) or to the presence, Release or threatened Release, or the manufacture, use, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal or recycling of Hazardous Materials, or the arrangement for any such activities.
“Equity Interests” shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock); provided that no Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Parent Guarantor shall constitute an Equity Interest by virtue of being convertible into Capital Stock.
“ERISA” shall mean the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any person, as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA, that for purposes of Title I or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code would be deemed at any relevant time to be a single employer or otherwise aggregated with the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
“ERISA Event” shall mean any one or more of the following:
(1) any Reportable Event;
(2) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan, if such termination would require material additional contributions in order to be considered a standard termination within the meaning of Section 4041(b) of ERISA, the filing under Section 4041(c) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan or the termination of any Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA;
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