In this Part—

• “company” means—

  1. a

     a company within the meaning of section 735 of the Companies Act 198511;

  2. b

     an unregistered company within the meaning of section 718 of that Act12;

  3. c

     a company within the meaning of Article 3 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 198613; or

  4. d

     an unregistered company within the meaning of Article 667 of that Order14;

• “daily default fine” has the meaning in section 730(4) of the Companies Act 1985 (or in the case of Northern Ireland, Article 678(4) of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

• “offeror” has the same meaning as in the Takeovers Directive;

• “offer period”, in relation to a takeover bid, means the time allowed for acceptance of the bid by—

  1. a

     rules in the Code giving effect to Article 7(1) of the Takeovers Directive; or

  2. b

     where the rules giving effect to that Article which apply to the bid are those of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, those rules;

• “opted-in company” means a company in relation to which—

  1. a

     an opting-in resolution has effect; and

  2. b

     the conditions in regulation 20(2) and (4) continue to be met;

• “opting-in resolution” has the meaning given by regulation 20(1);

• “opting-out resolution” has the meaning given by regulation 20(5);

• “registrar” has the meaning in section 744 of the Companies Act 1985 (or in the case of Northern Ireland in Article 653(2) of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986).