Change Of Control

Example Definitions of "Change Of Control"
Change Of Control. (a) the closing of the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets as an entirety; (b) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or the merger or consolidation of another entity with or into the Company, in either case with the effect that immediately after such transaction the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction hold 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 (c) 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 13d-5(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of persons or entities, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions. A Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred if the Company becomes subject to bankruptcy proceedings. View More Arrow
Change Of Control. A change in ownership or control of the Company effected through a merger, consolidation or acquisition by any person or related group of persons (other than an acquisition by the Company or by a Company-sponsored employee benefit plan or by a person or persons that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of securities possessing more than... fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the Company. View More Arrow
Change Of Control. Any one or more of the following events: (a) The consummation of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving (directly or indirectly) the Company and, immediately after the consummation of such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, the shareholders of the Company immediately prior thereto do not own, directly or indirectly, either (i) outstanding voting securities representing more than sixty percent (60%) of the combined outstanding voting power of the surviving entity in... such merger, consolidation or similar transaction or (ii) more than sixty percent (60%) of the combined outstanding voting power of the parent of the surviving entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, in each case in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such transaction. (b) The consummation of a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of 90% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries within a single 12 month period, other than a sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries to an entity, more than sixty percent (60%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company prior to such sale, lease, license or other disposition. The Board shall have the sole discretion to determine whether the event described in this Section 1.1(b) has occurred. (c) Individuals who, on the date this Agreement is approved by the Board, are members of the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; provided, however, that if the appointment or election (or nomination for election) of any new Board member was approved or recommended by a majority vote of the members of the Incumbent Board then still in office, such new member shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be considered a member of the Incumbent Board. The term Change of Control shall not include a sale of assets, merger or other transaction effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company. View More Arrow
Change Of Control. (i) the Company leases, licenses, sells or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets; (ii) any "person" or "group" (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50%, or more, of the capital stock of the Company, other than the majority holders of the Company's capital stock as of the date hereof; or (iii) following a merger or consolidation, the... holders of the capital stock of the Company as of the date hereof and any holders permitted under clause (ii)(B) above shall cease to own, on a fully diluted basis, more than 50% of the capital stock of the Company. View More Arrow
Change Of Control. Shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as any of the following events shall occur: (a) any Person or group, other than the Company, its subsidiaries or any employee benefits plan of the Company or its subsidiaries, files, or is required by applicable law to file, a Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the Exchange Act), disclosing that such Person has become the direct or indirect beneficial owner of shares... with a majority of the total voting power of the Company's outstanding Common Stock or the Company becomes otherwise aware that any Person or group has become the direct or indirect beneficial owner of shares with a majority of the total voting power of the Company's outstanding Common Stock; unless such beneficial ownership arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act; (b) the Company consolidates with or merges with or into another Person (other than a subsidiary of the Company), or sells, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries to any Person (other than a subsidiary of the Company) or any Person (other than a subsidiary of the Company) consolidates with, or merges with or into the Company, provided that none of the circumstances set forth in this clause (b) shall be a Change of Control if Persons that beneficially own the Common Stock of the Company immediately prior to the transaction own, directly or indirectly, shares with a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding Common Stock of the surviving or transferee Person immediately after the transaction in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company's Common Stock immediately prior to the transaction; (c) the Common Stock ceases to be listed or quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market or any other national securities exchange regulated under Section 6(a) of the Exchange Act; or (d) the occurrence of a Change in Control under (i) that certain Term Loan Credit Agreement, entered into on March 22, 2021, by and between the Company, as borrower, and Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC, as administrative agent (the Term Loan) or (ii) that certain Credit Agreement, entered into on March 22, 2021, by and among the Company, the other loan parties thereto, the lender parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the ABL), as such term is defined in the Term Loan and the ABL, respectively, or other similar provision. View More Arrow
Change Of Control. Means the occurrence of any of the following events: i. Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Patrick M. Byrne, Dorothy M. Byrne or John J. Byrne or an individual or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with Patrick M. Byrne, Dorothy M. Byrne and/or John J. Byrne, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act),... directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding voting securities; or ii. The consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets; iii. A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a one-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. "Incumbent Directors" means directors who either (A) are Directors as of the effective date of the Plan, or (B) are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination (but will not include an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Company); or iv. The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, and only to the extent that an Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code and payment of the Award pursuant to the application of the definition of "Change of Control" above would cause such Award not to otherwise comply with Section 409A of the Code, payment of an Award may occur upon a "Change of Control" only to the extent that the event constitutes a "change in the ownership or effective control" of the Company or a "change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets" of the Company under Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department regulations thereunder. View More Arrow
Change Of Control. Means (a) a sale, transfer or other conveyance, whether direct or indirect, of all or substantially all of the Company's assets, property or business, on a consolidated basis, in one transaction or a series of related transactions; (b) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other entity (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), or any other transaction or series of related transactions which, directly or indirectly, would cause the holder of the Company... securities immediately prior to such transaction(s) to own or control less than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding securities and less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of Company after effecting such transaction(s). View More Arrow
Change Of Control. Means (i) ownership of more than 49% of the direct or indirect ownership interests of the Borrower shall change without the Lender's prior written approval.
Change Of Control. The occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or group (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the 1934 Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 50% of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of exercise of this Warrant), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other... Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the Issuance Date (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof), or (e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above View More Arrow
Change Of Control. Means (A) the sale of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Surviving Company and its Subsidiaries to a third-party purchaser; (B) a sale resulting in no less than a majority of the voting power of the Surviving Company being held by person that did not own a majority of the voting power prior to such sale; or (C) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Surviving Company with or into a third-party purchaser that results in the inability of the... pre-transaction equity holders to designate or elect a majority of the board of directors (or its equivalent) of the resulting entity or its parent company View More Arrow
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