Change In Control

Example Definitions of "Change In Control"
Change In Control. (i) any person or entity becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Intuit representing fifty (50%) percent of the total voting power of all its then outstanding voting securities, (ii) a merger or consolidation of Intuit in which its outstanding voting securities immediately prior to the merger or consolidation do not represent, or are not converted into securities that represent, a majority of the voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the surviving... entity immediately after the merger or consolidation, (iii) a sale of substantially all of the assets of Intuit or a liquidation or dissolution of Intuit, or (iv) individuals who, as of the Promotion Date, constitute the Board of Directors (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of such Board; provided that any individual who becomes a director of Intuit subsequent to the Promotion Date, whose election, or nomination for election by Intuit stockholders, was approved by the vote of at least a majority of the directors then in office shall be deemed a member of the Incumbent Board. View More Arrow
Change In Control. Shall be deemed to have occurred if, after the Effective Date and while the affected Employee is employed by the Company or a subsidiary, there shall have occurred any of the following: (i) Any "person," as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the... same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company), acquires voting securities of the Company and immediately thereafter is a "40% Beneficial Owner." For purposes of this provision, a "40% Beneficial Owner" shall mean a person who is the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then-outstanding voting securities; provided, however, that the term "40% Beneficial Owner" shall not include any person who was a beneficial owner of outstanding voting securities of the Company at February 20, 1990, or any person or persons who was or becomes a fiduciary of any such person or persons who is, or in the aggregate, are a "40% Beneficial Owner" (an "Existing Shareholder"), including any group that may be formed which is comprised solely of Existing Shareholders, unless and until such time after February 20, 1990 as any such Existing Shareholder shall have become the beneficial owner (other than by means of a stock dividend, stock split, gift, inheritance or receipt or exercise of, or accrual of any right to exercise, a stock option granted by the Company or receipt or settlement of any other stock-related award granted by the Company) by purchase of any additional voting securities of the Company; and provided further, that the term "40% Beneficial Owner" shall not include any person who shall become the beneficial owner of 40% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then-outstanding voting securities solely as a result of an acquisition by the Company of its voting securities, until such time thereafter as such person shall become the beneficial owner (other than by means of a stock dividend or stock split) of any additional voting securities and becomes a 40% Beneficial Owner in accordance with this Section; (ii) Individuals who on September 1, 2000 constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election consent, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was approved by a vote of at least 2 two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on September 1, 2000 or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; (iii) There is consummated a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization of the Company, or a reverse stock split of any class of voting securities of the Company, if, immediately following consummation of any of the foregoing, either (A) individuals who, immediately prior to such consummation, constitute the Board do not constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Company or the surviving or parent entity, as the case may be, or (B) the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such recommendation do not represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of a surviving or parent entity) at least 60% or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company or such surviving or parent entity; or (iv) The shareholders of the Company have approved a plan of complete liquidation of the Company and there occurs a distribution or other substantive step pursuant to such plan of complete liquidation, or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets (or any transaction have a similar effect), and in each case all material contingencies to the completion of the transaction have been satisfied or waived. View More Arrow
Change In Control. Shall mean and be deemed to occur on the earliest of, and upon any subsequent occurrence of, the following: (i) during such period as the holders of the Company's Class B common stock are entitled to elect a majority of the Company's Board of Directors, the Permitted Holders (defined below) shall at any time fail to be the "beneficial owners" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company's Class... B common stock; (ii) at any time during which the holders of the Company's Class B common stock have ceased to be entitled to elect a majority of the Company's Board of Directors, the acquisition by any "person", entity or "group" of "beneficial ownership" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and rules promulgated thereunder) of more than 30 percent of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors ("Voting Stock") of (A) the Company, or (B) any corporation which is the surviving or resulting corporation, or the transferee corporation, in a transaction described in clause (iii)(A) or (iii)(B) immediately below; (iii) the effective time of (A) a merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Company with one or more corporations as a result of which the holders of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation hold less than 51 percent of the Voting Stock of the surviving or resulting corporation, or (B) a transfer of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Company other than to an entity of which the Company owns at least 51 percent of the Voting Stock, or (C) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company; and (iv) the election to the Board of Directors of the Company, without the recommendation or approval of Ray C. Anderson if he is then serving on the Board of Directors, or, if he is not then serving, of the incumbent Board of Directors of the Company, of the lesser of (A) four directors, or (B) directors constituting a majority of the number of directors of the Company then in office View More Arrow
Change In Control. Shall mean and shall be deemed to occur if a Party is involved in a merger, reorganization, or consolidation in which its shareholders immediately prior to such transaction would hold less than fifty percent (50%) of the securities or other ownership or voting interests representing the equity of the surviving entity immediately after such merger, reorganization or consolidation, or if there is a sale of all or substantially all of a Party's assets or business relating to this Development... Agreement. View More Arrow
Change In Control. Shall mean any one of the following: (i) Continuing Directors during any 12 month period no longer constitute a majority of the Directors; (ii) any person, or persons acting as a group (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi)(D)), acquires (or has acquired within the 12 month period ending on the date of the last acquisition by such person or persons), directly or indirectly, thirty percent (30%) or more of the voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company... entitled to vote for the election of Directors; provided that this Section 1(f)(ii) shall not apply with respect to any acquisition of securities by (A) the trust under a Trust Indenture dated September 2, 1957 made by Louie E. Roche, (B) the trust under a Trust Indenture dated August 23, 1957 made by Harvey Hubbell, and (C) any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) maintained by the Company or any affiliate of the Company; (iii) any person, or persons acting as a group (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)), acquires ownership (including any previously owned securities) of more than fifty percent (50%) of either (x) the voting power value of the then outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote for the election of Directors or (y) the fair market value of the Company; provided that this Section 1(f)(iii) shall not apply with respect to any acquisition of securities by (A) the trust under a Trust Indenture dated September 2, 1957 made by Louie E. Roche, (B) the trust under a Trust Indenture dated August 23, 1957 made by Harvey Hubbell, and (C) any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) maintained by the Company or any affiliate of the Company; or (iv) a sale of substantially all of the Company's assets; provided that the transaction or event described in Section 1(f)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) constitutes a "change in control event" as defined in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5). View More Arrow
Change In Control. The first to occur of any of the following events: (i) the consummation of any merger, consolidation or reorganization or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of HMEC (a 'Business Combination'), in each case, unless, immediately following such Business Combination, all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of outstanding voting securities of HMEC immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own,... directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the company resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a company that, as a result of such transaction, owns HMEC or all or substantially all of HMEC's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the outstanding voting securities of HMEC; (ii) the approval by the shareholders of HMEC of any plan or proposal for the complete liquidation or dissolution of HMEC; (iii) any 'Person' (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 'Exchange Act')), excluding for this purpose (x) HMEC or any subsidiary of HMEC, and (y) any employee benefit plan of HMEC or any subsidiary of HMEC, or any person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan that acquires beneficial ownership of voting securities of HMEC, is or becomes, directly or indirectly, the 'beneficial owner' (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), of securities of HMEC that represent more than 50% of the combined voting power of HMEC's then outstanding securities; provided, however, that no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of a change in ownership percentage resulting solely from an acquisition of securities by the Company; or (iv) the persons who constitute the Board as of the date hereof (the 'Incumbent Directors') cease for any reason, including, without limitation, as a result of a tender offer, proxy contest, merger or similar transaction, to constitute at least a majority thereof; provided, however, that any person becoming a member of the Board subsequent to the date hereof shall be considered an Incumbent Director if such person's election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least 50% of the members of the Board who were Incumbent Directors at the date of such election, giving effect to the provisions of this clause; provided, further, that any such person whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of members of the Board or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board, including by reason of agreement intended to avoid or settle any such actual or threatened contest or solicitation, shall not be considered an Incumbent Director. View More Arrow
Change In Control. Means, a Change in Control of Honeywell, as defined in the Honeywell International Inc. Severance Plan for Senior Executives at the time the Change in Control occurs. If such definition does not comply with the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 409A, "Change in Control" has the meaning ascribed to the phrase "Change in the Ownership or Effective Control of a Corporation or in the Ownership of a Substantial Portion of the Assets of a Corporation" under Treasury Department Proposed... Regulation 1.409A-3(g)(5), as revised from time to time in either subsequent proposed or final regulations. View More Arrow
Change In Control. The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 'Exchange Act')) (a 'Person') of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation (the 'Outstanding Company Common Stock') or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the... Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the 'Outstanding Company Voting Securities'); provided, however, that (a) for purposes of this subsection (1), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Corporation that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Board (as defined below), (ii) any acquisition by the Corporation, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or any corporation controlled by the Corporation or (iv) any acquisition by any Person pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (3) of this Section 15(a) and (b) a Change in Control will not be deemed to have occurred if a Person becomes the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock or the Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities as a result of a reduction in the number of shares of Outstanding Corporation Common Stock or Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities pursuant to a transaction or series of transactions that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Board unless and until such Person thereafter becomes the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Outstanding Corporation Common Stock or Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities representing 1% or more of the then-outstanding Outstanding Corporation Common Stock or Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities, other than as a result of a stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction effected by the Corporation in which all holders of Outstanding Common Stock or Outstanding Voting Securities are treated equally; or View More Arrow
Change In Control. A Change in Control Event within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5) and described in paragraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) below or any combination thereof as permitted in the Treasury Regulations with respect to the Company: (i) A change in ownership that occurs when one person or a group (as determined for the purposes of Code Section 409A) acquires stock that, combined with stock previously owned, controls more than fifty percent (50%) of the value or voting power of... the stock of the Company (incremental increases in ownership by a person or group that already owns fifty percent (50%) of the Company prior to such increase do not result in a change in ownership); (ii) A change in effective control that occurs on the date that, during any 12-month period, either (x) any person or group acquires stock possessing forty-five percent (45%) or more of the voting power of the Company, or (y) the majority of the Board (or, if applicable, the board of directors of the Company's ultimate parent) is replaced by persons whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the Board (or, if applicable, the board of directors of such ultimate parent) prior to the date of the appointment or election; or (iii) A change in ownership of a substantial portion of the assets that occurs on the date that a person or a group acquires, during any 12-month period, assets of the Company having a total gross fair market value equal to eighty-five percent (85%) or more of the total gross fair market value of all of the Company's assets; provided, however, that there is no change in control event under this paragraph (iii) when there is a transfer to: (w) a shareholder of the Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its stock; (x) an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company immediately after the asset transfer; (y) a person, or more than one person acting as a group, that owns immediately after the asset transfer, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of the Company; or (z) an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a person described in item (y) within the meaning of Code Section 409A. For the purposes of this paragraph (iii), gross fair market value shall have the meaning as provided in Code Section 409A. View More Arrow
Change In Control. The meaning set forth in the Conversion Agreement
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