Reregistration definition

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Glossary of acquisition finance terms and jargon

Glossary of acquisition finance terms and jargon This glossary explains many of the terms commonly used in the leveraged finance market. Terms contained in the definitions themselves that are in bold are defined elsewhere in the glossary. Please refer to the main Banking & Finance Glossary for additional banking terms. Acquisition finance glossary—A Acceleration Acceleration refers to the taking of a formal step by the agent on the instructions of the majority lenders following an event of default such as demand for early repayment of the loan. See Practice Note: Events of default for more information. Accordion feature/accordion facility An accordion, or incremental debt feature, refers to a mechanism in the facilities agreement under which, provided certain conditions are met such as pro forma compliance with a leverage test, lenders under the facilities agreement who wish to do so can lend additional debt. The terms of the additional debt will typically be documented in an increase notice. An accordion or incremental debt flexibility should be distinguished from structural adjustment which typically requires the majority consent of the syndicate. Borrowing under the incremental facility mechanism only requires consent from participating lenders (provided the conditions set out in the facilities agreement are met). For more information, see Practice Note: Incremental debt flexibility or accordion features. Agreement among lenders (AAL) An agreement among lenders is a common feature in the US

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Declarations of parentage after adoption (H v A v another)

Family analysis: In relation to a child placed for adoption by the local authority, the applicant father made an application under section 55A(1) of the Family Law Act 1986 (FLA 1986) for a declaration of parentage. The court considered whether it had jurisdiction to make such an order following the lawful adoption of a child, holding that it did have jurisdiction to grant a birth parent a declaration of parentage in some circumstances, but that it may refuse to hear the application if that was in accordance with the best interests of the child. Sarah Barber, barrister at No 18 Chambers, examines the issues.

Financial Services weekly highlights—5 July 2018

Welcome to the weekly Financial Services highlights from the Financial Services team for the week ending 5 July 2018. This week’s edition of Financial Services highlights provides an aggregation of the news reported by the Lexis®PSL Financial Services team over the past week and includes (1) news items relating to the UK’s decision to leave the EU (2) updates from UK Regulators (3) updates from EU and International Regulators (4) updates from industry bodies and market participants (5) new and updated content (6) dates for your diary and (7) the latest Q&As from Financial Services.

Pensions weekly highlights—5 July 2018

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