| | “Disclosure Documents” means the bundle of documents annexed to the Disclosure Letter an index of which is attached as schedule 1 to the Disclosure Letter. |
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| | “Disclosure Letter” means the letter from the Sellers (signed on their behalf by the Sellers’ Representative) to the Buyer, in the Agreed Form, delivered on the date of this Agreement, including the Disclosure Documents. |
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| | “E&Y Report” means the report prepared by Ernst & Young relating to Specifar dated 15 April 2011 and sent by or on behalf of the Sellers to the Buyer on 19 April 2011 as updated with a supplemental report dated 11 May 2011 and sent by or on behalf of the Sellers to the Buyer on 11 May 2011. |
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| | “Employee” means the individuals employed by any Group Company. |
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| | “Encumbrance” means any claim, charge, easement, encumbrance, encroachment, lease, condition, covenant, interest, equity, security interest, lien, option, pledge, mortgage, title retention, preferential right or restriction or encumbrance of any kind (whether on voting, sale, transfer, disposition or otherwise), whether imposed by agreement, law, equity or otherwise. |
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| | “Environment” means all or any of the following media (alone or in combination): air (including the air within buildings or other natural or man-made structures whether above or below ground); water (including water under or within land or in drains or sewers); soil and land and any ecological systems and living organisms supported by these media (including, for the avoidance of doubt, man). |
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| | “Environmental Consents” means any permits, licences, consents, certificates, registrations, approvals or other authorisations required by or under any Environmental Laws for the operation of the Group’s business or the use of, or any activities or operations carried out at any of the Properties. |
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| | “Environmental Law” means all applicable laws (including, for the avoidance of doubt, common law), statutes, regulations, statutory guidance notes and final and binding court and other tribunal decisions of any relevant jurisdiction in force in the relevant jurisdiction at Closing whose purpose is to protect, or prevent pollution of, the Environment or to regulate emissions, discharges, or releases of Hazardous Substances into the Environment, or to regulate the use, treatment, storage, burial, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances, and all by-laws, codes, regulations, decrees or orders issued or promulgated or approved thereunder or in connection therewith to the extent that the same have force of law at Closing. |
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| | “Escrow Agent” means J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., London branch. |
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| | “Escrow Agreement” means the escrow agreement, governed by English law, in the Agreed Form between the Parties and the Escrow Agent relating to the Retention. |
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| | “Event” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Tax Deed. |
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| | “Exclusivity Letter” means the letter from the Buyer to (and the terms of which were accepted by) the Sellers’ Representative, the Company, Specifar and Alet, dated on or around 19 May 2011. |
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| | “Fundamental Warranties” means the Seller Warranties at Clauses 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7(a) to 5.7(e) inclusive, and 5.8. |
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| | “Group” means the Company and its Subsidiaries and each such person being a “Group Company” or “member of the Group”. |
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| | “Hazardous Substances” means any wastes, pollutants, contaminants and any other natural or artificial substance (whether in the form of a solid, liquid, gas or vapour) which is capable of causing harm or damage to the Environment or a nuisance to any person. |