Transfer of Control
Example Definitions of "Transfer of Control"
Transfer of Control. A change in control of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), whether or not the Company is in fact required to comply therewith; provided that, without limitation, such a change in control shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding
... securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, 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 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; provided, however that transfer(s) of securities by an existing stockholder to its affiliate(s) (as that term is defined under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) shall not be included in determining whether a person has become a beneficial owner of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) the stockholders of the Company approve 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) not more than 60% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets. P-2
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Transfer of Control. Means an Ownership Change in which the stockholders of the Control Company before such Ownership Change do not retain, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the beneficial interest in the voting stock of the Control Company.
Transfer of Control. The earliest of the date of (a) the direct or indirect sale or exchange by the stockholders of the Corporation of all or substantially all of the stock of the Corporation where the stockholders of the Corporation before such sale or exchange do not retain, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the beneficial interest in the voting stock of the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing corporation or parent corporation thereof, as the case may be (the 'Acquiring Corporation')
... after such sale or exchange; (b) a merger or consolidation where the stockholders of the Corporation before such merger or consolidation do not retain, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the beneficial interest in the voting stock of the Acquiring Corporation after such merger or consolidation; (c) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (other than a sale, exchange, or transfer to one (1) or more subsidiary corporations of the Corporation); (d) a liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation; or (e) any other event that the Board, in its sole discretion, shall determine constitutes a Transfer of Control. In each case the determination of whether or not a 'Transfer of Control' is deemed to have taken place shall be made without regard to whether such events or occurrences constituting the Transfer of Control were hostile or against the position of the Board, or were approved or concurred in by the Board.
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