“Tax Return” means any filing, form, certificate, election return, declaration, report, claim for refund, information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, filed or maintained or required to be filed or maintained, in connection with the calculation, determination, assessment or collection of any Tax and includes any amended returns required as a result of examination adjustments made by the Internal Revenue Service or other Taxing Authority.
“Taxes” means all taxes or similar duties, fees or charges or assessments of any kind imposed by any Governmental Entity, including income, excise, property, business, goods and services, sales or use, value added, real and personal property, escheat, abandoned and unclaimed property, ad valorem, profits, gross receipts, license, withholding, payroll, employment, severance, net worth, capital gains, transfer, stamp, customs duty, social security, environmental, occupation and franchise taxes, in each case in the nature of a tax, including any interest, penalties and additions with respect thereto.
“Taxing Authority” means any Governmental Entity exercising Tax regulatory authority.
“Title IV Plan” means any “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) or any other plan that is or was subject to Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA
“Trade Laws” means, with respect to any Person, all U.S. and any applicable non-U.S. Laws and orders relating to customs, import, export, reexport, transfer, retransfer, or anti-boycott in jurisdictions in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries does business or is otherwise subject to jurisdiction, including the Export Administration Regulations, the customs and import Laws and orders administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the EU Dual Use Regulation.
“Trade Secrets” means any trade secrets (including as defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and under corresponding foreign statutory and common law), non-public know-how, confidential or proprietary information, such as ideas, formulas, compositions, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), algorithms, formulae, source code, processes, techniques, research and development information, drawings, specifications, designs, plans, proposals, technical data, financial and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information, in each case, including that derives economic value from not being known to other Persons.
“Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Brand Licensing Agreement, the Master RELAs and any other agreements and instruments to be executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Transaction Expenses” means the aggregate amount of all fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Group Companies prior to the Closing, regardless of when payable (including the fees, costs and expenses of any financial advisor, legal counsel, accountant, agent, auditor, broker, expert or other advisor or consultant retained by or on behalf of the Group Companies), arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions. For the avoidance of doubt, Transaction Expenses shall not include (i) any amounts payable to directors,
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