1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | In the Plan, unless the context otherwise requires: |
“Admission” means the admission of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company (or shares representing them) to trading on NASDAQ;
“Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity incentive plans under U.S. federal and state securities, tax and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, the applicable rules of any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Shares are listed or quoted and any relevant UK or overseas regulation or enactment;
“Award” means an Option, a Conditional Award, or a Share Appreciation Right;
“Base Price” means the amount (if any) which is deducted from the Market Value of a Share in order to determine the amount due when a Share Appreciation Right Vests;
“Board” means the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorised committee of that board;
“Cash Settled Share Appreciation Right” means a right to receive a cash payment on the Vesting Date equal to the Market Value of a specified number (N) of Shares minus the Base Price of those Shares;
“Cessation” means a Participant ceasing to be an employee of a Group Member, except where:
| (a) | the Participant remains an employee of any other Group Member; or |
| (b) | the Participant retains a statutory right to return to work. |
“Committee” means the remuneration committee of the Board or, on and after the occurrence of a corporate event described in Rule 12 (Takeovers and other corporate events), the remuneration committee of the Board as constituted immediately before that event;
“Company” means Perspectum Group PLC (registered in England and Wales with registered number 13449248);
“Conditional Award” means a conditional right to acquire Shares granted under the Plan which is designated as a conditional award by the Committee under Rule 3.2(b) (Committee determinations);
“Control” means control within the meaning of section 995 of the Income Tax Act 2007;
“CSOP Option” means an Option issued accordance with Schedule 4 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 and subject to the additional provisions set out in Schedule 1 of the Plan;
“Dealing Day” means a dealing day of either the NASDAQ or any other securities exchange on which Shares are quoted;
“Dividend Equivalent” means a benefit calculated by reference to dividends paid on Shares as described in Rule 3.4(a) (Treatment of Dividends);
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