"Immediate Family" of a natural person means the spouse, any parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling of such person, and any parent, sibling of such person's spouse.
"Control" of a Person means (i) holding more than 50% of the shares in issue or other equity interests or registered capital of such Person; or (ii) the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, whether through the exercising of more than 50% of the voting power of such Person, as proxy, through the power to appoint a majority of the members of the board of directors or similar governing body of such Person, through contractual arrangements or otherwise. For the purposes of this definition, "Person" does not include an individual.
"Encumbrance" means any (i) mortgage, pledge, lien, other security interest, priority, trust or restriction on transfer on certain property, (ii) compulsory measures such as attachment, attachment, freezing, and other encumbrances on certain property, and (iii) claim for the title, occupancy, use, disposition or proceeds of certain property, granted on or arising from any contractual or statutory cause.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, enterprise, partnership, trust, government, governmental department, agency or any other entity.
"Applicable Law" or "Law" means, with respect to a Person, any public, valid and applicable treaty, law, administrative regulation, local regulation, rule, judicial interpretation, judgment, ruling, arbitration award and other regulatory document, which is applicable to such Person or binding upon such Person or its assets.
"Tax" means any form of taxation and similar charge imposed, withheld or assessed by a central or local government in the PRC or other jurisdiction, together with any interest, penalties, surcharges, overdue fines or fines relating thereto. Taxes "and" Taxation "when used in this Agreement shall be construed in the same manner as" Taxes "unless otherwise specified.
"Claim" means any claim, suit, demand, audit, inquiry, investigation, petition, hearing, notice of violation, litigation, action, proceeding or arbitration, whether civil, criminal, administrative or otherwise.
"Existing Shareholder" means all the Persons holding equity interest in the Target Company from the Execution Date this Agreement to the Closing Date.
"Governmental Authority" means a government or political subdivision thereof, department, court or tribunal of a government or political subdivision and the regulatory body of a stock exchange, in each case having competent jurisdiction.
"Governmental Approvals" means rights, licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions, consents and authorizations granted by, and registrations and filings with, Governmental Authorities.
"Intellectual Property Rights" means patents, trademarks, service marks, registered designs, domain names, utility models, copyrights, inventions, confidential information, trade secrets, proprietary manufacturing processes and equipment, brand names, database rights, and business names and other similar rights in any country, and all interests in any of the foregoing (whether or not registered or recorded and shall include applications for the grant of the foregoing and the right to apply for the foregoing anywhere in the world).