“Annual Accounts” means the annual accounts referred to in section 2:361 of the Dutch Civil Code;
“Articles of Association” means these articles of association;
“Associate” means, with respect to any person:
| (a) | any trust or other estate in which such person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, and |
| (b) | any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same home as such person or who is an Executive Officer orNon-Executive Director of the Company; |
“Auditor” means an auditor as referred to in section 2:393 subsection 1 of the Dutch Civil Code, or an organisation within which such auditors cooperate;
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Managing Director having, or having been granted, the title of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to these Articles of Association;
“Company” means the public company under Dutch law which is governed by these Articles of Association;
“Convertible Reserve” means a reserve referred to in sections 2:389 or 2:390 of the Dutch Civil Code;
“Distributable Reserve” means a distributable reserve other than a share premium reserve maintained by the Company for the benefit of the holders of a series of Financing Preferred Shares pursuant to these Articles of Association;
“Executive Committee” means the executive committee of the Company;
“Executive Officer” means a member of the Executive Committee, including each Managing Director and each other member of the Executive Committee, unless the context otherwise requires;
“Financing Preferred Share” means a financing preferred share in the share capital of the Company;
“General Meeting” means the body of the Company consisting of the Persons with Meeting Rights, or a meeting of Persons with Meeting Rights, in each case, as the context may require;
“Group” means a group as referred to in section 2:24b of the Dutch Civil Code;
“Group Company” means a legal person or company affiliated with the Company in a group as referred to in section 2:24b of the Dutch Civil Code;
“Indemnitee” means any current or former Executive Officer or Supervisory Director;
“Management Board” means the management board of the Company;
“Management Report” means the management report referred to in section 2:391 of the Dutch Civil Code;
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