Company: KYIV
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: DRS
Source: 0001213900-25-026261
Chunk: 525

Company: Kyivstar Group Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: DRS
Chunk 525
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 Companies. “ Parties ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto. “ Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto. Annex A-10 “ Patents ” shall mean any and all patents and patent applications, provisional patent applications, patent cooperation treaty applications and similar filings and any and all substitutions, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, renewals, extensions, reexaminations, patents of addition, supplementary protection certificates, utility models, inventors’ certificates, or the like and any foreign equivalents of the foregoing (including certificates of invention and any applications therefor). “ PCAOB ” shall mean the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. “ PCAOB Audited Financials ” shall mean (a) the audited combined statement of financial position of the Group Companies as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024, and the audited combined statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in net investment, and cash flows, for the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024 audited by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with (i) all applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act in effect as of the respective dates thereof (including Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable) and (ii) PCAOB auditing standards, together with the auditor’s report of the independent auditors thereon, and (b) to the extent provided by the Company or New PubCo pursuant to Section 7.16 , any other audited financial statements of the Group Companies that are included in the Registration Statement/Proxy Statement. “ Permit ” shall mean any consent, license, permit, franchise, waiver, approval, authorization, certificate, registration or filing issued by, obtained from or made with a Governmental Entity. “ Permitted Lien ” shall mean (a) Liens for Taxes (i) not yet delinquent or for Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (ii) that are sufficiently reserved for on the financial statements in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP, as applicable; (b) statutory and contractual Liens of landlords with respect to leased real property that do not interfere in any material respect with the value or the present or intended use of or occupancy of the affected leased real property by any of the Group Companies; (c) Liens of carriers, warehousemen,