PREMIER LEAGUE

SECTION A: DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
A.1.126. “Shares” in Rules A.1.127, F.1, G.2, G.6, I.1 and I.6 include securities; A.1
D.1.15
A.1.127. “Significant Interest” means the holding and/or possession of the legal or
beneficial interest in, and/or the ability to exercise the voting rights applicable to,
shares or other securities in the Club which confer in aggregate on the holder(s)
thereof ten (10) per cent or more of the total voting rights exercisable in respect
of the Shares of any class of Shares of the Club. All or part of any such interest may
be held directly or indirectly or by contract including, but not limited to, by way of
membership of any Concert Party, and any rights or powers held by an Associate,
Nominee or Connected Person shall be included for the purposes of determining
whether an interest or interests amounts to a “Significant Interest”;
A.1.128. “Signing-on Fee” means a lump sum payment payable under the terms of a
contract between a Club and a Contract Player and which is expressed to be a
signing-on fee;
A.1.129. “Spent Conviction” means a conviction in respect of which the offender is
treated as rehabilitated for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
1974 or, where this Act does not apply for any reason, a conviction which would be
so treated had the provisions of the Act applied;
A.1.130. “Squad List” means the list of up to a maximum of 25 Players eligible to
participate in League Matches during a Season of whom a maximum of 17 may
not be Home Grown Players;
A.1.131. “Staff” has the meaning set out in Rule S.3.11 and, for the purpose of Rules S.28
to S.39 only;
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A.1
A.1
D.1.16
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O.3.8
U.1.6
A.1.132. “stakeholders” has the meaning set out in Rule R.2; A.1
J.1
A.1.133. “Strip” means Players’ shirts, shorts and stockings; A.1
A.1.134. “Subsidiary Undertaking” has the meaning set out in section 1162 of the Act; A.1
A.1.135. “Temporary Transfer” has the meaning set out in Rule V.5; A.1
M.5
A.1.136. “Third Party Payment” means any payment made or liability incurred (other
than Compensation Fees, remuneration or payments to or for the benefit of
Agents referred to in Rule H.1) by or on behalf of a Club in respect of a Player,
including an Image Contract Payment;
A.1.137. “Title Sponsor” means the Person granted the right to have its agreed brand
identity associated with the name of the League’s first team competition;
A.1.138. “Title Sponsorship Contract” means any contract entered into between the
League and a Title Sponsor;
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D.1.17
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C.15
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PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION A