PREMIER LEAGUE

SECTION A: DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
A.1.64. “General Meeting” means any meeting of the members of the League duly
called in accordance with the provisions of Article 18;
A.1.65. “Group” has the meaning set out in section 474(1) of the Act; A.1
A.1.66. “Group Accounts” mean accounts that a Club is required to prepare pursuant
to section 399 of the Act, or which its Parent Undertaking is required to deliver
to the Registrar of Companies pursuant to section 400(2)(e) or section 401(2)(f)
of the Act;
A.1.67. “Group Undertaking” has the meaning set out in Section 1161(5) of the Act; A.1
A.1.68. “HMRC” means HM Revenue and Customs or such other government
department(s) that may replace the same;
A.1.69. “Holding” means the holding and/or possession of the beneficial interest in,
and/or the ability to exercise the voting rights applicable to, shares or other
securities in the Club (whether directly, indirectly (by means of holding such
interests in one or more other persons) or by contract including without limitation
by way of membership of any Concert Party) which confer any voting rights
exercisable at general meetings of the Club;
For the purposes of the above, any rights or powers of a nominee for any Person
shall be attributed to that Person, that is to say any rights or powers which another
Person possesses on his behalf or may be required to exercise at his direction or on
his behalf and any rights or powers of any other Person which is a Connected
Person to any Person shall be attributed to that Person;
A.1.70. “Home Club” means the Club on whose ground a League Match is or was or
should be or should have been played or, where the Clubs participating in that
League Match share a ground, the Club whose name first appears in respect of
that League Match on the League’s fixture list;
A.1.71. “Home Grown Player” means a Player who, irrespective of his nationality or age,
has been registered with any Club (or club) affiliated to the Football Association or
the Football Association of Wales for a period, continuous or not, of three Seasons
or 36 months prior to his 21st birthday (or the end of the Season during which he
turns 21) and for the purposes of this definition of “Home Grown Player” a Season
will be deemed to commence on the date on which the first Transfer Window closes
and expire on the date of the final League Match of the Season;
A.1.72. “Image Contract” means any contract whereby a Player transfers to any Person
(‘the transferee’) the right to exploit his image or reputation either in relation to
football or non-footballing activities;
A.1.73. “Image Contract Payment” means any payment made or liability incurred by or
on behalf of a Club to a transferee in order to acquire that right;
A.1.74. “Individual Voluntary Arrangement” means an arrangement made under the
provisions of Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986;
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PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION A