Change In Control

Example Definitions of "Change In Control"
Change In Control. (i) the acquisition by any person, entity or group of persons or entities, other than the DLJ Entities and their affiliates (including investors in the DLJ Entities) directly or indirectly, acting in concert of securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities, whether acquired in one transaction or a series of transactions, (ii) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction which results in the Company's shareholders... immediately prior to such transaction not holding securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of the outstanding securities of the surviving corporation or (iii) a sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets (other than to an entity owned by the Company or under common ownership with the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Change in Control shall not be deemed any change due to a public offering or any transfer of publicly traded securities. View More Arrow
Change In Control. The earliest to occur of: (1) any one "person" as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than (A) the Company, (B) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (C) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Shares), or more than one "person" acting as a "group," is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as... defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Shares that, together with the Shares held by such "person" or "group," possess more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the Shares and other stock of the Company; (2) a majority of members of the Board is replaced during any 12 month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election; or (3) the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of this Plan to the contrary, it is intended that the foregoing definition of Change in Control qualify as a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation, within the meaning of Treas. Reg. ยง 1.409A-3(i)(5), and shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate such intent. View More Arrow
Change In Control. The occurrence of one of the following events: (i) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of CBOT Holdings with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if more than 50% of the combined voting power of the continuing or surviving entity's securities outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or other reorganization is owned by persons who were not stockholders of CBOT Holdings immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization; ... (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of CBOT Holdings' assets; (iii) a change in the composition of the Board, as a result of which fewer than one-half of the incumbent directors are directors who either (i) had been directors of CBOT Holdings on the date 24 months prior to the date of the event that may constitute a Change in Control (the "original directors") or (ii) were elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the aggregate of the original directors who were still in office at the time of the election or nomination and the directors whose election or nomination was previously so approved; or (iv) any transaction as a result of which any person is the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of CBOT Holdings representing at least 20% of the total voting power represented by CBOT Holdings' then outstanding voting securities. For purposes of this Paragraph (iv), the term "person" shall have the same meanings as when used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act but shall exclude: (A) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of CBOT Holdings or a Subsidiary; (B) a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of CBOT Holdings in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the common stock of CBOT Holdings View More Arrow
Change In Control. (a) Any "person," as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act") (other than the Parent, any of its subsidiaries, any member of the Home Family Group (as defined herein) or any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities udder any employee benefit plan or trust of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries), together with all "affiliates" and "associates" (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Act) of... such person, shall become the "beneficial owner" (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Parent representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of either (A) the combined voting power of the Parent's then outstanding securities having the right to voice in an election of the Parent's Board ("Voting Securities") or (B) the then outstanding shares of Parent's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") (other than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Parent); or (b) Incumbent Directors (as defined below) 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 of the Board; or (c) The stockholders of the Parent shall approve (A) any consolidation or merger of the Parent where the stockholders of the Parent, immediately prior to the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting shares of the Parent or other party issuing cash or securities in the consolidation or merger (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any), (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent or (C) any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a "Change of Control" shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (a) solely as the result of an acquisition of securities by the Parent which, by reducing the number of shares of Common Stock or other Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares beneficially owned by any person to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of either (A) the combined voting power of all of the then outstanding Voting Securities or (B) Common Stock; provided, however, that if any person referred to in this sentence shall thereafter become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Securities or Common Stock (other than pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction or as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Parent) and immediately thereafter beneficially owns twenty-five percent (25%) or more of either (A) the combined voting power of all of the then outstanding Voting Securities or (B) Common Stock, then a "Change of Control" shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (a). View More Arrow
Change In Control. Means any one of the following: (i) the closing of the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets as an entirety to any person or related group of persons; (ii) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation or the merger or consolidation of another corporation with or into the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, in either case with the effect that immediately after such transaction the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior... to such transaction represent less than a majority in interest of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the entity surviving such merger or consolidation; or (iii) the closing of a transaction pursuant to which Beneficial Ownership of more than 50% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock (assuming the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion or exercise of all then exercisable conversion or purchase rights of holders of outstanding convertible securities, options, warrants, exchange rights and other rights to acquire Common Stock) is transferred to a single person or entity, or a "group" (within the meaning of Rule l3d-5(b)(l) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of persons or entities, in a single transaction or a series or related transactions. It shall also be treated as a Change in Control hereunder if any of the events described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) occur to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., or any other company directly or indirectly controlling the Company at the time of any such transaction. View More Arrow
Change In Control. A change in control that is both a Change in Control as defined in Section 12.1 of the Plan and a "change in control event" (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(i)) for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.
Change In Control. (i) the occurrence of a change in control of the Company of a nature that would be required to be reported or is reported in response to Item 5.01 of the current report on Form 8-K, as in effect on the Effective Date, pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); (ii) any "Person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange... Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's outstanding securities (other than any Person who was a "beneficial owner" of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's outstanding securities prior to the Effective Date); (iii) individuals who constitute the Board on the Effective Date (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose appointment to fill a vacancy or to fill a new Board position was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was approved by the same nominating committee serving under an Incumbent Board, shall be, for purposes of this clause (iii), considered as though he or she were a member of the Incumbent Board; (iv) the occurrence of any of the following of which the Incumbent Board does not approve: (A) merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or (B) sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (v) stockholder approval pursuant to a proxy statement soliciting proxies from stockholders of the Company, by someone other than the then current management of the Company, of a plan of reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with one or more corporations as a result of which the outstanding shares of the class of securities then subject to the plan of reorganization are exchanged or converted into cash or property or securities not issued by the Company. View More Arrow
Change In Control. The occurrence of any of the following events: (i) at any time after the Effective Date at least a majority of the Board shall cease to consist of "Continuing Directors" (meaning directors of the Company who either were directors on the Effective Date or who subsequently became directors and whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was approved by a majority of the then Continuing Directors); or (ii) any "person" or "group" (as determined for purposes of Section... 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), except any majority-owned subsidiary of the Company or any employee benefit plan of the Company or any trust thereunder, shall have acquired "beneficial ownership" (as determined for purposes of Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Regulation 13d-3) of Shares having 40% or more of the voting power of all outstanding Shares, unless such acquisition is approved by a majority of the directors of the Company in office immediately preceding such acquisition; or (iii) a merger or consolidation occurs to which the Company is a party, in which outstanding Shares are converted into shares of another company (other than a conversion into shares of voting common stock of the successor corporation or a holding company thereof representing 80% of the voting power of all capital stock thereof outstanding immediately after the merger or consolidation) or other securities (of either the Company or another company) or cash or other property; or (iv) the sale of all, or substantially all, of the Company's assets occurs; or (v) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company. View More Arrow
Change In Control. Shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under The Brink's Company 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, or any successor to such plan, provided, however, that references to "Awards" therein shall be deemed to be references to "Performance Awards" herein
Change In Control. For the purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred upon the consummation of (i) a merger or consolidation in which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the merger or consolidation cease to own at least 50% of the combined entity immediately following the merger or consolidation; (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (iii) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section... 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of beneficial ownership of any capital stock of the Company, if, after such acquisition, such individual, entity or group owns more than 50% of either (A) the then-outstanding common stock of the Company or (B) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote in the election of directors; or (iv) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company. View More Arrow
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