Change Of Control

Example Definitions of "Change Of Control"
Change Of Control. Any of the following: (i) the acquisition by any Person of Beneficial Ownership of Voting Securities which, when added to the Voting Securities then Beneficially Owned by such Person, would result in such Person Beneficially Owning 33% or more of the combined Voting Power of the Company's then outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, that for purposes of this paragraph (i), a Person shall not be deemed to have made an acquisition of Voting Securities if such Person: (1) acquires Voting... Securities as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or other corporate restructuring in which all stockholders of the class of such Voting Securities are treated on a pro rata basis; (2) acquires the Voting Securities directly from the Company; (3) becomes the Beneficial Owner of 33% or more of the combined Voting Power of the Company's then outstanding Voting Securities solely as a result of the acquisition of Voting Securities by the Company or any Subsidiary which, by reducing the number of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportional number of shares Beneficially Owned by such Person, provided that if (x) a Person would own at least such percentage as a result of the acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary and (y) after such acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary, such Person acquires Voting Securities, then an acquisition of Voting Securities shall have occurred; (4) is the Company or any corporation or other Person of which a majority of its voting power or its equity securities or equity interest is owned directly or indirectly by the Company (a "Controlled Entity"); or (5) acquires Voting Securities in connection with a "Non-Control Transaction" (as defined in paragraph (iii) below); or (ii) the individuals who, as of the Effective Date, are members of the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds of the Board; provided, however, that if either the election of any new director or the nomination for election of any new director by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Board prior to such election or nomination, such new director shall be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; provided further, however, that no individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened "Election Contest" (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the 1934 Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board (a "Proxy Contest") including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest; or (iii) consummation of: (A) a merger, consolidation or reorganization involving the Company (a "Business Combination"), unless (1) the stockholders of the Company, immediately before the Business Combination, own, directly or indirectly immediately following the Business Combination, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation resulting from the Business Combination (the "Surviving Corporation") in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Voting Securities immediately before the Business Combination, and (2) the individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board immediately prior to the execution of the agreement providing for the Business Combination constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation, and (3) no Person (other than the Company or any Controlled Entity, a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under one or more employee benefit plans or arrangements (or any trust forming a part thereof) maintained by the Company, the Surviving Corporation or any Controlled Entity, or any Person who, immediately prior to the Business Combination, had Beneficial Ownership of 33% or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities) has Beneficial Ownership of 33% or more of the combined voting power of the Surviving Corporation's then outstanding voting securities (a Business Combination satisfying the conditions of clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this subparagraph (A) shall be referred to as a "Non-Control Transaction"); (B) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or (C) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (other than a transfer to a Controlled Entity). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because 33% or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities is Beneficially Owned by (x) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under one or more employee benefit plans or arrangements (or any trust forming a part thereof) maintained by the Company or any Controlled Entity or (y) any corporation which, immediately prior to its acquisition of such interest, is owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in the same proportion as their ownership of stock in the Company immediately prior to such acquisition. View More
Change Of Control. (a) is a party to a merger, consolidation or exchange of securities which results in the holders of voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto failing to continue to hold at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company, the surviving entity or a parent of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or exchange, or (b) sells or disposes of all or substantially all of the Company's assets.
Change Of Control. With respect to Timane S.a.r.l,, shall mean at any time Dr. Patrick Rabinzohn does not beneficially own one hundred percent (100%) of all the outstanding voting securities of the Holder.
Change Of Control. Means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) The sale, exchange, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a person or group of related persons, as such terms are defined or described in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (other than CenTra, Inc. and its affiliates, Manuel J. Moroun and his affiliates, Matthew T. Moroun and his affiliates, or any group in which any of the foregoing is a member), that will continue the... business of the Company in the future; (ii) A merger or consolidation involving the Company in which the voting securities of the Company owned by the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not represent, after conversion if applicable, more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the surviving controlling entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; provided that any person who (1) was a beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of the voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, and (2) is a beneficial owner of more than 20% of the securities of the Company immediately after such merger or consolidation, and (3) is not CenTra, Inc. or one of its affiliates, Manuel J. Moroun or one of his affiliates, Matthew T. Moroun or one of his affiliates, or any group in which any of the foregoing is a member, shall be excluded from the list of "shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation" for purposes of the preceding calculation; (iii) Any person or group (other than CenTra, Inc. and its affiliates, Manuel J. Moroun and his affiliates, Matthew T. Moroun and his affiliates, or any group in which any of the foregoing is a member) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the voting stock of the Company (including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) and the representatives of CenTra, Inc. and its affiliates, Manuel J. Moroun and his affiliates, Matthew T. Moroun and his affiliates, or any group in which any of the foregoing is a member, individually or in the aggregate, cease to have the ability to elect a majority of the Board (for the purposes of this clause (iii), a member of a group will not be considered to be the Beneficial Owner of the securities owned by other members of the group); (iv) A dissolution or liquidation of the Company. View More
Change Of Control. The meaning given to such term in the Stockholders Agreement
Change Of Control. Means the occurrence of a transaction or a series of transactions as a result of which the Company becomes controlled by a person or persons other than TLC Vision Corporation ("TLC"), Diamed Medizintechnik GmbH ("Diamed") and any of their respective affiliates; for the purpose of the foregoing, the Company is controlled by a person or persons other than TLC and Diamed if TLC and Diamed, together, no longer own or exercise voting control, directly or indirectly (including voting control given... under a shareholder's agreement or under a voting trust agreement that provides that voting securities be voted as directed by an executive of TLC or Diamed or at the direction of the Board of Directors of the Company if, at such time, the majority of the Board of Directors of the Company consists of nominees of TLC and Diamed), over securities carrying more than 50% of the voting rights, on a fully- diluted basis, ordinarily exercisable at meetings of shareholders of the Company, such rights being sufficient to elect a majority of the directors of the Company; View More
Change Of Control. The meaning ascribed to such term in the Senior Credit Agreement.
Change Of Control. Any Fundamental Transaction other than pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company
Change Of Control. A Change of Control shall mean: (a) a merger in which the Company is not the surviving entity or a sale by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets, (b) the acquisition by any individual or group of the Company by means of a merger, consolidation or purchase of 80% or more of its outstanding shares. The term group and the concept of beneficial ownership shall have such meanings ascribed thereto as set forth in the Exchange Act and the regulations and rules thereunder. (c) or the... acquisition by any individual or group of beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company. The term group and the concept of beneficial ownership shall have such meanings ascribed thereto, as set forth in the Exchange Act and the regulations and rules thereunder. For purposes of this Plan, where a change of control of the Company results from a series of related transactions, the change of control of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of the consummation of the first such transaction. View More
Change Of Control. The occurrence with respect to the Company of any of the following events: (i) a change in the ownership of the Company; (ii) a change in the effective control of the Company; (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company
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