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“Sanctions Restricted Person” means a person or entity that is from time to time (i) listed or referred to (whether explicitly or by reference to a group of persons) on, or directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a person or entity listed or referred to (whether explicitly or by reference to a group of persons) on, or acting on behalf or at the direction of a person or entity listed or referred to (whether explicitly or by reference to a group of persons) on, any Sanctions List; (ii) that is resident or located in, incorporated under the laws of, or acting on behalf of a person or entity located in or organised under the laws of, any country or territory which is the target of and/or subject to any comprehensive country- or territory-wide Sanctions (being as at the date of the Offer Memorandum, Syria, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, the Crimea region of Ukraine and the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia); or (iii) otherwise a target of Sanctions;
“Sanctions” means the economic, financial and trade embargoes and sanctions laws, regulations, rules and/or restrictive measures administered, enacted or enforced by any Sanctions Authority from time to time;
“Sanctions Authority” means each of:
“Sanctions List” means the most current “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” list maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (which as of the date of the Offer Memorandum can be found at: https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnlist.pdf); the most current Foreign Sanctions Evaders List (which as of the date of the Offer Memorandum can be found at: http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/fse/fselist.pdf); the most current “Consolidated List of Persons, Groups and Entities subject to EU Financial Sanctions maintained” by the European Commission (which as of the date of the Offer Memorandum can be found at: https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/consolidated-list-of-persons-groups-and-entities-subject-to-eu-financial-sanctions?locale=en); the most current "Financial sanctions targets: list of all asset freeze targets" published by the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (which as of the date of the Offer Memorandum can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-consolidated-list-of-targets/consolidated-list-of-targets); the most current UK Sanctions List (which as of the date of the Offer Memorandum can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-sanctions-list); or any similar list maintained by, or public announcement of Sanctions designation made by, any Sanctions Authority, in each case, as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
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