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(b)
is
a
document
which
is
previously
agreed
in
writing
by
or
on
behalf
of
the
Borrower and the Facility Agent or, if not so
agreed, is in the form specified by the Facility Agent;
(c)
assets
includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
(d)
authority
includes
any
court
or
any
governmental,
intergovernmental
or
supranational
body,
agency,
department or any regulatory,
self-regulatory or other authority;
(e)
distribution
means a
transfer by
a company
of money
or other
assets of
the company
(other than
its own
shares) to, or to the order (or otherwise for the benefit) of, one or more holders
of shares in that company or
another
company
within
the
same
group
of
companies,
including
any
principal
or
interest
in
respect
of
amounts
due
(whether
in
respect
of
an
intercompany
or
a
shareholder
loan
or
otherwise);
any
dividend
(including any interest on any unpaid amount of a dividend),
charge, fee, consideration or other distribution
(whether in cash
or in kind)
on or in
respect of its
shares or share
capital (or any
class of its
share capital);
any repayment or distribution of any share premium account;
and the payment of any management, advisory
or other fee;
(f)
a
Finance Document
or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that
Finance Document or other
agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended
or restated;
(g)
a
group of Lenders
includes all the Lenders;
(h)
guarantee
means any
guarantee, letter
of credit,
bond, indemnity
or similar
assurance against
loss, or
any
obligation, direct or indirect, actual
or contingent, to purchase or
assume any indebtedness of any person
or
to make an investment in or loan to any person or to purchase assets of any person where, in each case, such
obligation is assumed in order to maintain or assist the ability of such person
to meet its indebtedness;
(i)
including
followed by specific
examples will not be
construed as limiting
the meaning
of the general wording preceding it, and the eiusdem generis rule must not be applied in the interpretation of
such general wording or such specific examples;
(j)
indebtedness
includes
any
obligation
(whether
incurred
as
principal
or
as
surety)
for
the
payment
or
repayment of money,
whether present or future, actual or contingent;
(k)
a
person
includes any individual, firm, company,
corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any
association, trust, joint venture, consortium, partnership or other entity (whether or not having separate legal
personality);
(l)
a
regulation
includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the
force of law, but, if not having the force
of law, being of a type with which any person
to which it applies is
accustomed to comply) of any governmental,
intergovernmental or supranational
body, agency,
department
or of any regulatory,
self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
(m)
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;
and
(n)
a time of day is a reference to Johannesburg time.
1.2.2
The determination of the extent to which a rate
is
for a period equal in length
to an Interest Period shall disregard
any inconsistency
arising from
the last
day of
that Interest
Period being
determined pursuant
to the
terms of
this
Agreement.
1.2.3
Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
1.2.4
Unless a contrary
indication appears,
a term used
in any other
Finance Document or
in any notice
given under or
in connection
with any
Finance Document
has the
same meaning
in that
Finance Document
or notice
as in
this
Agreement.
1.2.5
A
Default
(other
than
an
Event
of
Default)
is
continuing
if
it
has
not
been
remedied
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
Facility Agent within any
applicable remedy period
expressly provided for in
a Finance Document or
waived and