definiens: means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of ( a ) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, ( b ) a loan, advance or capital contribution ( excluding accounts receivable, credit card and debit card recei vables, trade credit, advances to customers and advances to employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures, in each case made in the ordinary course of business ), guarantee or assumption of debt of, or pu rchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor guarantees Indebtedness of suc h other Person, or ( c ) an Acquisition . For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment but giving effect ( with out duplication ) to all subsequent reductions in the amount of such Investment as a result of ( x ) any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other payment or disposition thereof ( valued at its fair market value at the tim e of such sale ) or ( y ) any cancellation of any Investment in the form of a guarantee without payment therefor by such guarantor, in each case, not to exceed the original amount, or fair market value, of such Investment