Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws
of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
EEA Financial Institution means (a) any
credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in
clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a Subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision
with its parent.
EEA Member Country means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and
Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority, any Governmental Authority or any Person
entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Date has the meaning assigned to such term in the Chapter 11 Confirmed Plan.
Eligible Assignee means and includes a commercial bank, an insurance company, a finance company, a financial institution,
any Fund or any other accredited investor (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act) but in any event excluding (x) the Borrower and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries and (y) natural persons.
EMU means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
Environment means indoor air, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, subsurface strata, and
natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
Environmental Laws means the common law and any and all Federal,
state, local, and foreign statutes, Laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution, the protection of the
Environment or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health and safety or to the transportation, handling, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials into the Environment.
Environmental Liability means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of
investigation and remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of or noncompliance with any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit,
(b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, recycling, shipment or disposal (or arrangement for any of the foregoing) of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or
threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the Environment, (e) any investigatory, remedial, natural resource, response, removal or corrective obligation or measure required by any Environmental Law, (f) any claim (including but
not limited to property damage and personal injury) by any third party relating to any Hazardous Materials, or (g) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of
the foregoing.
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