sponsor service

a service relating to a matter referred to in UKLR 4.2 that a sponsor provides or is requested or appointed to provide, including preparatory work that a sponsor may undertake before a decision is taken as to whether or not it will act as sponsor for a listedissuer or applicant or in relation to a particular transaction, and including all the sponsor's communications with the FCA in connection with the service. But nothing in this definition is to be taken as requiring a sponsor when requested to agree to act as a sponsor for a company or in relation to a transaction.