168 Transaction. In a single transaction or a series of related transactions, the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company (the "Company Voting Securities") shall have been acquired or otherwise become beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Person or Persons (other than any member of the Existing Owner Group as comprised on the date hereof, the Company Group or any Affiliate of any member of the Company Group) or any two or more Persons
... acting as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group, entity or association acting in concert for the purpose of voting, acquiring, holding or disposing of voting stock of the Company, or (ii) there shall have occurred: (A) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, other than (x) a merger or consolidation with any other member of the Company Group or (y) a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Company Voting Securities immediately prior to the merger as a class directly or indirectly hold immediately after the merger at least a majority of all outstanding voting power of the surviving or resulting corporation or its parent; (B) a statutory exchange of shares of one or more classes or series of outstanding Company Voting Securities for cash, securities or other property, other than an exchange in which the holders of Company Voting Securities immediately prior to the exchange as a class directly or indirectly hold immediately after the exchange at least a majority of all outstanding voting power of the entity with which the Company Voting Securities are being exchanged; or 5 (C) the sale or other disposition of more than 80% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries (based on the net book value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries in the most recent audited financial statements of the Company), in one transaction or a series of transactions, other than a sale or disposition in which the holders of Company Voting Securities immediately prior to the sale or disposition as a class directly or indirectly hold immediately after the sale or disposition at least a majority of all outstanding voting power of the entity to which such assets of the Company are sold; it being understood that, for this purpose, the acquisition or beneficial ownership of voting securities by the public shall not be an acquisition or constitute beneficial ownership by any Person or Persons acting in concert.
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