"Subsidiary" means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated association or other entity in which the Corporation has a direct or indirect ownership or other equity interest.

Subsidiaries. NOVA does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other ownership interest in any corporation, partnership, business association, joint venture or other entity.

"Employer Business" shall mean ​, any subsidiary of ​, or any business in which ​ or an ​ subsidiary has a substantial ownership or joint venture interest.

Subject to clauses 15.3(c) and 15.5 and unless provided otherwise in the PSC, all intellectual property rights in the Venture Information shall be Joint Property. Each Party and its Affiliates have the right to use all such intellectual property rights in their own operations (including joint operations or a production sharing arrangement in which the party or its Affiliates has an ownership or equity interest) without the approval of any other Party. Decisions regarding obtaining, maintaining and licensing such intellectual property rights shall be made by the Operating Committee, and the costs thereof shall be for the Joint Account. Upon unanimous consent of the Operating Committee as to ownership, licensing rights, and income distribution, the ownership of intellectual property rights in the Venture Information may be assigned to the Operator or to a Party.

Funds. Whenever and so long as the Operating Company or a majority of the Companies may so demand, the Companies shall maintain a separate joint account or accounts for the Columbia Plant and 345 KV Substation (collectively, the “Joint Account”) in a bank or banks approved by the Operating Company, the title of which Joint Account shall be in the respective Companies in proportion to their Ownership Shares, as such Ownership Shares may be modified and adjusted from time to time pursuant to Paragraph 1.2. While so maintained and unless otherwise agreed by the Companies, all construction and capital expenditures, and all other expenditures referred to in the second subparagraph of Paragraph 6, shall be paid out of the Joint Account.

“Property” means any real property or properties acquired by the Company or the Partnership, either directly or indirectly, including through ownership interests in a Joint Venture or Partnership.

Joint and Several Liability. All Borrowers shall be jointly and severally liable for all amounts due to Administrative Agent and Lenders under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, regardless of which Borrower actually receives the Loans or Letter of Credit Accommodations hereunder or the amount of such Loans received or the manner in which Administrative Agent or any Lender accounts for such Loans, Letter of Credit Accommodations or other extensions of credit on its books and records. All references herein or in any of the other Financing Agreements to any of the obligation of Borrowers to make any payment hereunder or thereunder shall constitute joint and several obligations of Borrowers. The Obligations with respect to Loans made to a Borrower, and the Obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of a Borrower hereunder, with respect to Loans made to the other Borrowers, shall be separate and distinct obligations, but all such other Obligations shall be primary obligations of all Borrowers. The Obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of a Borrower hereunder with respect to Loans, Letter of Credit Accommodations or other extensions of credit made to the other Borrowers shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be unconditional irrespective of # the validity or enforceability, avoidance or subordination of the Obligations of the other Borrowers or of any promissory note or other document evidencing all or any part of the Obligations of the other Borrowers, # the absence of any attempt to collect the Obligations from the other Borrowers, any Guarantor or any other security therefor, or the absence of any other action to enforce the same, # the waiver, consent, extension, forbearance or granting of any indulgence by Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any provisions of any instrument evidencing the Obligations of the other Borrowers, or any part thereof, or any other agreement now or hereafter executed by the other Borrowers and delivered to Administrative Agent or any Lender, # the failure by Administrative Agent or any Lender to take any steps to perfect and maintain its security interest in, or to preserve its rights and maintain its security or collateral for the Obligations of the other Borrowers, # the election of Administrative Agent and Lenders in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, # the disallowance of all or any portion of the claim(s) of Administrative Agent or any Lender for the repayment of the Obligations of the other Borrowers under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, or # any other circumstances which might constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor or of the other Borrowers other than to the extent of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of Administrative Agent or a Lender as determined pursuant to a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction. With respect to the Obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of a Borrower hereunder with respect to Loans, Letter of Credit Accommodations or other extensions of credit made to the other Borrowers hereunder, each

Each Borrower agrees that it is jointly and severally, directly and primarily liable to Agent and Lenders for Payment in Full of the Obligations, except its Excluded Swap Obligations, and that such liability is independent of the duties, obligations, and liabilities of the other Borrowers. Agent or any Lender may bring a separate action or actions on each, any, or all of the Obligations against any Borrower, whether action is brought against the other Borrower(s).

Joint and Several Obligations. Each Borrower is accepting joint and several liability hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Secured Hedge Agreements and the Secured Treasury Management Agreements in consideration of the financial accommodation to be provided by ​, ​, any Agent, Arranger or Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing and the Hedge Banks under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Secured Hedge Agreements and the Secured Treasury Management Agreements, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of the other Borrower and in consideration of the undertakings of the other Borrower to accept joint and several liability for such Borrower. Each Borrower jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with the other Borrower with respect to the payment and performance of all of the Obligations, it being the intention of the parties hereto that all the Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of each of the Borrowers without preferences or distinction between them. If and to the extent that any Borrower shall fail to make any payment with respect to any Obligation as and when due or to perform any Obligation in accordance with the terms thereof, then in each such event, the other Borrower will make such payment with respect to, or perform, such Obligation. The obligations of each Borrower under the provisions of this [Section 10.20]

Joint and Several Liability. If and when included within the term “Tenant,” as used in this instrument, there is more than one person or entity, each shall be jointly and severally liable for the obligations of Tenant.