Change In Control
Example Definitions of "Change In Control"
Change In Control. Means a transaction or series of transactions (whether by way of merger, consolidation, sale of stock, recapitalization, or otherwise) as a result of which any Person acquires ultimate beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the voting power of Oppenheimer's outstanding voting stock or more than 50% of the voting power of the Company's outstanding voting stock. For purposes of this definition, "Person" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of
... 1934 and as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including "group" as defined in Section 13(d) thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) "Person" excludes Oppenheimer, the Company, any subsidiary of the foregoing, any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by Oppenheimer, the Company, or any subsidiary (including any trustee of any such plan acting in his or her capacity as trustee), and (ii) acquisition by merger or consolidation does not include where the voting interests in Oppenheimer or the Company outstanding immediately prior to the transaction continue to represent more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting interests in the surviving entity immediately after such merger or consolidation.
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Change In Control. Any of the following that otherwise meets the definition of a "change in ownership," a "change in effective control" or a "change in ownership of a substantial portion of the assets" of the Company within the meaning of Code Section 409A: (i) the acquisition by any person or group (excluding John C. Malone and/or any family member(s) of John C. Malone and/or any company, partnership, trust or other entity or investment vehicle controlled by any of the foregoing persons or the holdings of which
... are for the primary benefit or any of such persons (collectively, the "Permitted Holders")) of ownership of stock of the Company that, together with stock already held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or more than 50% of the total voting power of the stock of the Company; (ii) the acquisition by any person or group (other than the Permitted Holders), in a single transaction or in multiple transactions all occurring during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, of assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or exceeding 40% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; or (iii) the acquisition by any person or group (other than the Permitted Holders), in a single transaction or in multiple transactions all occurring during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, of ownership of stock of the Company possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the stock of Company or the replacement of a majority of the Company's Board of Directors during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company's Board of Directors before the date of appointment or election
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Change In Control. The occurrence of any of the following events: (i) any Person (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), entity or affiliated group becoming the beneficial owner or owners (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding equity securities of the Company, or otherwise becoming entitled to vote shares representing more than thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power of the Company's
... then-outstanding securities eligible to vote to elect members of the Board (the 'Voting Securities'); (ii) a consolidation or merger (in one transaction or a series of related transactions during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition) of the Company pursuant to which the holders of the Company's equity securities immediately prior to such transaction (or series of related transactions during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition) would not (i) be the holders immediately after such transaction (or series of related transactions during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Voting Securities of the entity surviving such transaction (or series of related transactions during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition) in substantially similar proportions that they held equity securities of the Company prior to such transaction (or series of related transactions during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition); (iii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any other Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent transaction (it being understood that a spin-off of shares of capital stock of any subsidiary of the Company or a distribution of other assets of the Company as a dividend to its shareholders does not constitute a sale thereof); (iv) during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months commencing on or after the Effective Date, individuals who as of the beginning of such period constituted the entire Board (together with any new directors (other than those new directors elected in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest or any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies) whose election by such Board or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors of the Company, then still in office, who were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; (v) the approval of the shareholders of the Company of the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; provided, that a transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company's incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially similar proportions by the Persons who hold the Company's securities immediately before such transaction.
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Change In Control. Upon the happening of any of the following events as to HHC: (i) The acquisition by any one person or by more than one person acting as a group, of ownership of stock that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of HHC; (ii) The acquisition by any one person, or by more than one person acting as a group, during the twelve-month period ending on the date of the most recent
... acquisition, of ownership of stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of HHC; (iii) The replacement during any twelve-month period of a majority of the members of the Board of HHC by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of such Board before the date of such appointment or election; or (iv) The acquisition by any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, during the twelve-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition, of assets of HHC having a total gross fair market value of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of HHC immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions. For purposes of the above, "persons acting as a group" shall have the meaning as in Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B). It is intended that the definition of Change in Control contained herein shall be the same as a change of ownership of a corporation, a change in the effective control of a corporation and/or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of a corporation's assets as reflected in Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), as modified by the substitution of the higher percentage requirement in items (ii) and (iv) above; and all questions or determinations in connection with any such Change in Control shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the provisions of such Regulations. This definition of Change in Control shall be applicable only for purposes of determining Executive's rights under this Agreement which become applicable in the event of such a Change in Control and for no other purpose
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Change In Control. Means the consummation, after the Grant Date, of (i) any transaction or series of related transactions, whether or not NestWise is party thereto, after giving effect to which in excess of fifty percent (50%) of NestWise's voting power is owned directly, or indirectly through one or more entities, by any person and its affiliates or associates or any group other than, in each case, Financial Holdings or an affiliate of Financial Holdings (including any successor or acquirer of Financial Holdings
... or Holdings), or (ii) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of NestWise to any person other than an affiliate of Financial Holdings (including any successor or acquirer of Financial Holdings or Holdings) (each of the foregoing, a "Business Combination"), provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur as a result of a Business Combination following which Financial Holdings or an affiliate of Financial Holdings (including any successor or acquirer of Financial Holdings or Holdings) owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the outstanding securities of the resulting, surviving or acquiring corporation or entity in such transaction. For purposes of clarity, any transaction or series of transactions, after giving effect to which in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting power, or all or substantially all of the consolidated assets, of Financial Holdings or Holdings is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any person and its affiliates or associates or any group shall not constitute a Change of Control for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 9(a), the terms "affiliate," "associate" and "group" shall have the meanings set forth in the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act.
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Change In Control. The occurrence of one of the following events: (a) a report is filed with the SEC on Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form, or report), each as promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act, disclosing that any "person" (as the term "person" is used in Section 13(d) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or has become a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then
... outstanding securities; (b) the Company is merged or consolidated with another corporation and, as a result thereof, securities representing less than 50% of the combined voting power of the surviving or resulting corporation's securities (or of the securities of a parent corporation in case of a merger in which the surviving or resulting corporation becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of the parent corporation) are owned in the aggregate by holders of the Company's securities immediately before such merger or consolidation; (c) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company are sold in a single transaction or a series of related transactions to a single purchaser or a group of affiliated purchasers; or (d) during any period of 24 consecutive months, individuals who were Directors at the beginning of the period cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board unless the election, or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, of more than one half of any new Directors was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Directors then still in office who were Directors at the beginning of the 24 month period
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Change In Control. Shall occur if and when any person or entity which is not as of the date hereof a shareholder or affiliate of a shareholder of the Company (i) becomes a record or beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities (whether by merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization, purchase of outstanding share capital or otherwise) or (ii) purchases all or substantially all
... of the consolidated assets of the Company, in each case, which purchase has been approved by the Board and the holders of a majority of the outstanding ordinary shares of the Company voting together as a single class
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Change In Control. Shall have the meaning set forth in the Company Long-Term Incentive Plan.
Change In Control. The occurrence of any one of the following: (1) Any "person" (as defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) acquires or becomes a "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company or the Bank representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities of the Company or the Bank, respectively, except that the following shall not constitute a Change in
... Control: (A) any acquisition or beneficial ownership by the Company, the Bank or any Affiliate; (B) any acquisition or beneficial ownership by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company, the Bank or one or more of their Affiliates; (C) any acquisition or beneficial ownership by any corporation (including without limitation an acquisition in a transaction of the nature described in part (3) of this definition) with respect to which, immediately following such acquisition, more than 65% of the combined voting power of the Company's or the Bank's then outstanding Voting Securities, as the case may be, is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the persons who beneficially owned Voting Securities of the Company or the Bank, as applicable, immediately prior to such acquisition in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of such Voting Securities immediately prior to such acquisition; or (D) any acquisition of Voting Securities directly from the Company or the Bank. (2) Continuing Directors shall not constitute a majority of the members of the Board. For purposes of this Plan, "Continuing Directors" means: (A) individuals who, on the effective date of this Plan, are directors of the Company, (B) individuals elected as directors of the Company subsequent to the effective date of this Plan for whose election proxies shall have been solicited by the Board or (C) any individual elected or appointed by the Board to fill vacancies on the Board caused by death or resignation (but not by removal) or to fill newly-created directorships, provided that a "Continuing Director" shall not include an individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the threatened election or removal of directors (or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents) by or on behalf of any person other than the Board; (3) Consummation of a Corporate Transaction, unless immediately following such Corporate Transaction, all or substantially all of the persons who were the beneficial owners of Voting Securities of the Company or the Bank, as the case may be, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 65% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities of the surviving or acquiring corporation in such Corporate Transaction in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Voting Securities of the Company or the Bank, as the case may be; or (4) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the Bank. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2(g): (i) to the extent that any Award constitutes a deferral of compensation subject to Code Section 409A, and if that Award provides for a change in the time or form of payment upon a Change in Control, then no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred upon an event described in this Section 2(g) unless the event would also constitute a change in ownership or effective control of, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of, the Company or the Bank under Code Section 409A; and (ii) a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur with respect to a Participant if (A) the acquisition or beneficial ownership of the 35% or greater interest referred to in Section 2(g)(1) is by the Participant or by a group, acting in concert, that includes the Participant or (B) a majority of the then combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities of the surviving or acquiring corporation (or its Parent) shall, immediately after a Corporate Transaction referred to in Section 2(g)(3), be beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Participant or by a group, acting in concert, that includes the Participant
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Change In Control. (b) "Change in Control" means, and shall occur on the date that any of the following occurs: (i) A person, corporation, entity or group (1) makes a tender or exchange offer for the issued and outstanding voting stock of NN, Inc., ("NN") and beneficially owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting stock of NN after such tender or exchange offer, or (2) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person,
... corporation, entity or group), directly or indirectly, the beneficial ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting stock of NN in a single transaction or a series of transactions (other than any person, corporation, entity or group for which a Schedule 13G is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, so long as such person, corporation, entity or group has beneficial ownership of less than fifty percent (50%) of the issued and outstanding voting stock of NN); or (ii) NN is a party to a merger, consolidation or similar transaction and following such transaction, fifty percent (50%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the resulting entity is not beneficially owned by those persons, corporations or entities that constituted the stockholders of NN immediately prior to the transaction; (iii) NN sells fifty percent (50%) or more of its assets to any other person or persons (other than an affiliate or affiliates of NN); or (iv) Individuals who, during any 12-month period, constitute the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Board of Directors of NN; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director whose election or nomination was approved by a majority of the directors than comprising the Incumbent Board, shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board, but not including any individual whose initial board membership is a result of an actual or threatened election contest (as that term is used in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended) or an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a party other than the Board. It is not intended that a Change in Control, in and of itself, will serve as an event which entitles Executive to any payment hereunder.
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