Covered Transaction

Covered Transaction. Any of (i) a consolidation, merger, or similar transaction or series of related transactions, including a sale or other disposition of Stock or other voting securities, in which the Company or an affiliate is not the surviving corporation or which results in the acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company's then outstanding voting securities by a single person or entity or by a group of persons and/or entities acting in concert, (ii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all the... Company's assets, or (iii) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company. If a Covered Transaction involves a tender offer that is reasonably expected to be followed by a merger described in clause (i) (as determined by the Committee), the Covered Transaction shall be deemed to have occurred upon consummation of the tender offer View More

Covered Transaction. Any of (i) a consolidation, merger, stock sale, reverse merger or similar transaction or series of related transactions which results in the acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company's then outstanding common stock by a single person or entity or by a group of persons and/or entities acting in concert, (ii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all the Company's assets, (iii) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (iv) following such time as the Company has a class of... equity securities listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on an inter-dealer quotation system, a change in the membership of the Board for any reason such that the individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board of Directors of the Company (the Continuing Directors) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board (a Board Change); provided, however, that any individual becoming a director after the Effective Date whose election or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors will be considered as though such individual were a Continuing Director, but excluding for this purpose any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person or entity other than the Board or (v) a change in the management structure of the Company from an internally managed business development company to an externally managed business development company pursuant to which the Company enters into an investment advisory agreement with a third-party advisor. Where a Covered Transaction involves a tender offer that is reasonably expected to be followed by a merger described in clause (i) (as determined by the Board), the Covered Transaction shall be deemed to have occurred upon consummation of the tender offer View More

Covered Transaction. Any of (i) a consolidation or merger in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or which results in any individual, entity or "group" (within the meaning of section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) acquiring the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly of more than 50% of either the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting... securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, (ii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all the Company's assets, or (iii) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company. View More

Covered Transaction. Means (x) with respect to the Company (i) an acquisition of beneficial ownership by a Third Party of shares of Capital Stock of the Company (or of the voting equity of a corporation that the Company merges with or into or of the parent of such a corporation) that would entitle the Third Party to exercise or control, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities (which excludes the Class C Common Stock) of the Company (or of... the surviving corporation in a merger with or into the Company or of its parent resulting from such a transaction) by means of any transaction or series of transactions (including any reorganization, merger, consolidation, joint venture, share transfer, tender offer, exchange offer or similar transaction) or (ii) a sale, lease or other disposition in any transaction or series of transactions of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (y) with respect to the Company's Capital Stock, any transaction or series of transactions by Mr. Diller, his Family Members and/or Family Entities that, directly or indirectly, would result in a Third Party owning at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total voting power of the Company's outstanding voting securities (which excludes the Class C Common Stock), other than an At-the-Market Transaction. View More