definiens: means, for any Applicable EBIT Period, incom e before interest income or expense and before provision for income taxes for such period, in each case determined based on the income stateme nt of Purchaser for such period prepared in accordance wi th GAAP ( taking into account all applicable reserve s ) ; provided, however, that EBIT shall in any event exc lude ( i ) all gains or losses in connection with sal es or dispositions of assets and investments not in the o rdinary course of business, ( ii ) all earnings resul ting from downward adjustments ( and, to the extent imposed by Parent through its control of Purchaser, all decre ases in earnings resulting from upward adjustments ) to comp ensation, bonuses, or to any other expenses, which adjustments are not in the ordinary course of busin ess ( it being understood that, for purposes of dete rmining whether any such adjustments are in the ordinary co urse of business, the determination of certain of t he Member Parties to forego bonuses during 2004 shall be igno red ), [ * * * ] . For purposes of determining EBIT, the effect of the following items shall be excluded : [ * * * ] ( D ) other allocations, if any, agreed to by Seller and Purchaser ; ( ii ) out - of - pocket expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of the Business and the Assets or the interpretation and enforcement of the Transacti on Documents ; ( iii ) any amount which has been paid by or to Purchaser t o satisfy an indemnification obligation ; ( iv ) [ * * * ] ; ( v ) [ * * * ] ; ( vi ) [ * * * ] ; ( vii ) [ * * * ] ; and ( viii ) [ * * * ] shall include, subject to the foregoing ( or comparable ) adjustments, the income before interest expense and before provision for taxes realized by Parent o r any subsidiary of Parent from the provision by Pa rent or such subsidiary to a pharmaceutical company of stat istical analysis or computer programming services r elated to outsourced clinical data management, such services typically defined by benchmark milestones for billi ng purposes, similar to the services provided by Selle r as of this date of this Agreement, but excluding any services provided by employees that are subject to the day - t o - day supervision of personnel of such pharmaceutic al companies, including temporary employees, permanent employees, co - employees or other employees . Any income realized from the hiring by any pharmaceutic al company of any temporary or permanent employees to perform such services shall not be included in Purc haser 's income before interest expense and provisio n for taxes for purposes of determining EBIT under this Agreeme nt