“Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement, in the Agreed Form, to be entered into between the Investor Sellers and the Purchaser on or prior to Completion;
“Regulation” has the meaning given in Part A of Schedule 6;
“Regulatory Conditions” has the meaning given in Clause 5.1.3;
“Relevant Person” has the meaning given in Clause 11.3;
“Relevant Losses” has the meaning given in Schedule 9;
“Relevant Seller” has the meaning given in Clause 4.5;
“Relief” means, unless the context otherwise requires, any relief, loss, allowance, credit, deduction, exemption or set off in respect of any Tax or relevant to the computation of any income, profits or gains for the purposes of any Tax, or right to or actual repayment or refund of or saving of Tax (including any repayment supplement, fee or interest in respect of any Tax);
“Replacement Nominee” has the meaning given in Clause 15.1;
“Representatives” means, in relation to a Party, its respective Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, advisers, accountants, auditors, insurers and consultants of such Party and/or of its Affiliates;
“Retention Bonuses” means any bonuses, incentives or commission payable, paid, triggered or accelerated or agreed to be paid to the employees of the Group as remuneration for services provided or to be provided by such employees in connection with the ongoing trade of the Group after the Audited Accounts Date (but, in each case, excluding: (a) any bonuses paid or payable in the ordinary course, in accordance with past practice or pursuant to any contract or arrangement in force on the Audited Accounts Date; and (b) any increase in any bonus as a result of any action or decision taken by or at the direction of the Purchaser following Completion), together with any employer’s national insurance contributions, social security Tax, apprenticeship levy, health and social care levy or other similar taxes thereon;
“Review” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 9;
“Review Costs” means any professional or other out-of-pocket third party fees, expenses or other costs paid or incurred by any Group Company in connection with the Review and implementation of any Recommendations and other remedial actions undertaken by the Group and arising out of the Review prior to Completion (in each case, including any irrecoverable VAT in respect of such costs), but excluding any Relevant Losses;
“Review Counsel” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 9;
“Sale Shares” means the entire issued capital of the Company, comprising: (i) in respect of each Investor Seller, the number of Shares set out opposite such Investor Seller’s name in Part A of Schedule 1; (ii) in respect of each Management Seller and Optionholder Seller, the number of Shares issued, exchanged and/or transferred to such Management Seller or Optionholder Seller pursuant to the Management Roll-Up and set out opposite such Management Seller’s or Optionholder Seller’s name in the Allocation Schedule; and (iii) in respect of any Other Seller, the number of Shares set out opposite such Other Seller’s name in the Allocation Schedule;
“Sanctions Laws” means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State; or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom;
“Scheduled Completion Date” means the date on which Completion is to take place, determined in accordance with Clause 8.1;
“Section 338 Election Commitment” has the meaning given in Clause 17.20;
“Seller Account” means, with respect to: (i) each Investor Seller and Other Seller, a bank account in the name of such Investor Seller or Other Seller or an Affiliate of such Investor Seller or Other Seller (as applicable) and/or any other person authorised (as reasonably evidenced to the Purchaser) to receive funds on behalf of all or such Investor Seller or Other Seller; and (ii) the Management Sellers and the Optionholder Sellers, one or two bank accounts in the name of a Group Company, a payment agent and/or any other person authorised (as reasonably evidenced to the Purchaser) to receive funds on behalf of all or some of the Management Sellers and the Optionholder Sellers, in each case details of which are set out in the Final Completion Schedule;
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