“Golden Gate Group” means GGPE, its Affiliates and any of their respective managed investment funds and portfolio companies (including GGC but excluding PubCo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries) and their respective partners, members, directors, employees, equityholders, agents, any successor by operation of law (including by merger) of any such Person, and any entity that acquires all or substantially all of the assets of any such Person in a single transaction or series of related transactions.
“Governmental Authority” means any national, federal, state or local, whether domestic or foreign, government, governmental entity, quasi-governmental entity, court, tribunal, mediator, arbitrator or arbitral body, or any governmental bureau, or any regulatory, administrative or other agency, or any political or other subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing and the SEC, any non-U.S. regulatory agency and any other regulatory authority or body (including any state or provincial securities authority and any self-regulatory organization) with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Initial Capital Account Balance” means, with respect to any Member, the positive Capital Account balance of such Member as of the closing of the IPO, the amount of which is set forth on the Member Schedule.
“Interest” means, with respect to any Person as of any time, such Person’s membership interest in the Company as represented by the ownership of Units in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, which includes the number of Units such Person holds and such Person’s Capital Account balance.
“Investor Affiliate Transferee” means (i) with respect to any BSMH Member, any Affiliate of BSMH and (ii) with respect to any GGC Member, any (x) Affiliate of GGC, (y) any limited partnership, limited liability company or other investment vehicle that is Controlled, sponsored or managed (including as a general partner or through the management of investments) by GGPE or (z) any equityholder, member, or partner of any member of the Golden Gate Group (and any subsequent Transfers by such equityholders, members or partners).
“Investor Permitted Transferee” means, with respect to any BSMH Member or GGC Member, (i) any Investor Affiliate Transferee and (ii) any transferee who receives Units pursuant to Section 8.02(c).
“Law” means any foreign or domestic, national, federal, territorial, state or local law (including common law), statute, treaty, regulation, ordinance, rule, order, or permit, in each case having the force and effect of law, issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put in effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority, or any similar form of binding decision or approval of, or binding determination by, or binding interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by, any Governmental Authority.
“Liquidation” means a liquidation or winding up of the Company.
“Management Holdco” means EHL Management Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Management Holdco Unit” means the Common Units of Management Holdco.
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