“Interested Party” shall mean any Affiliate, Officer, director, supervisory board member, employee, or holder of any Equity Security of any Group Company, and any Affiliate or Associate of any of the foregoing.
“Investor” is defined in introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Key Employees” shall mean the individuals identified in Section 3.26 of the Disclosure Schedule, each a “Key Employee”.
References to “law” or “Law” shall include all applicable laws, regulations, rules and orders of any Governmental Authority, any common or customary law, constitution, code, ordinance, statute or other legislative measure and any regulation, rule, treaty, order, decree or judgment; and “lawful” shall be construed accordingly.
“Knowledge” shall mean, means, with respect to the Seller Parties, and that knowledge which should have been acquired by each such individual after making such due inquiry and exercising such due diligence as a prudent business person would have made or exercised in the management of his or her business affairs, including but not limited to due inquiry of all Officers, directors, employees, consultants and professional advisers (including attorneys, accountants and auditors) of the Group Companies who could reasonably be expected to have knowledge of the matters in question, and where any statement in the representations and warranties hereunder is expressed to be given or made to a Person’s Knowledge, or so far as a party is aware, or is qualified in some other manner having a similar effect, the statement shall be deemed to be supplemented by the additional statement that such party has made such due inquiry and due diligence.
“Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.
“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, Lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.
“2019 NewShare Incentive Plan” shall mean the management incentive plan to be adopted by the Company prior to the Closing, covering the grant of up to 20,468,800 Ordinary Shares (or options therefor) (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and similar events) to the employees, officers, directors, or consultants of a Group Company.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Seller Party to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founders or BVI Company.
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