The Goal Structuring Notation Sample Clauses

The Goal Structuring Notation an Introduction The Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) is increasingly being used in safety-critical industries to improve the structure, rigor, and clarity of safety arguments. The purpose of a safety case can be defined in the following terms: A safety case should communicate a clear, comprehensive and defensible argument that a system is acceptably safe to operate in a particular context. The Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) (see e.g. [A], [C]) – a graphical argumentation notation – explicitly represents the individual elements of any safety argument (requirements, claims, evidence and context) and (perhaps more significantly) the relationships that exist between these elements (i.e. how individual requirements are supported by specific claims, how claims are supported by evidence and the assumed context that is defined for the argument). When the elements of the GSN are linked together in a network they are described as a ‘goal structure’. The principal purpose of any goal structure is to show how goals (claims about the system) are successively broken down into sub-goals until a point is reached where claims can be supported by direct reference to available evidence (solutions). As part of this decomposition, using the GSN it is also possible to make clear the argument strategies adopted (e.g. adopting a quantitative or qualitative approach), the rationale for the approach and the context in which goals are stated (e.g. the system scope or the assumed operational role). The Goal-structuring Notation (GSN), developed by the University of York, provides a graphical means of setting out hierarchical Safety Arguments, with textural annotations and references to supporting Evidence. The logical approach of GSN, if correctly applied, brings some rigor into the process of deriving Safety Arguments and provides the means for capturing essential explanatory material, including assumptions, context and justifications, within the argument framework.
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  • Company Capital Structure In the case of the Company, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 500,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Company Preferred Stock”). As of the Measurement Date, (i) 228,209,888 shares of Company Common Stock (excluding treasury shares) were issued and outstanding (including 119,422 shares of Company Common Stock subject to outstanding Company Restricted Stock Awards), (ii) no shares of Company Common Stock were held by the Company in its treasury and (iii) no shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. The Company has no shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock reserved for issuance, except that, as of the Measurement Date, there were (a) 3,913,542 shares of Company Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the Company Stock Plans, (b) 867,802 shares of Company Common Stock subject to outstanding Company Option Awards, and such Company Option Awards have a weighted average exercise price of $21.03 per share, (c) 5,311,304 shares of Company Common Stock subject to outstanding Company RSU Awards, and (d) 5,494,388 shares of Company Common Stock subject to outstanding Company PSU Awards (assuming maximum performance and excluding those Company PSU Awards that pursuant to their terms may only be settled in cash). Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and each of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of each of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries is owned beneficially and of record by the Company or by a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrance (excluding such transfer restrictions of general applicability as may be provided under the Securities Act, the “blue sky” Laws of the various States of the United States or similar Law of other applicable jurisdictions). Except for the Company Stockholders Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, call agreements, understandings, claims or other agreements, commitments or rights of any type relating to the issuance, sale, redemption or transfer by the Company of any equity securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries, nor are there outstanding any securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or its Subsidiaries and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to issue any additional securities or to pay for or repurchase any securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries. The shares of Company Common Stock are registered under the Exchange Act. Since the Measurement Date and through the date of this Agreement, the Company has not (A) issued any shares of Company Common Stock (other than upon the exercise or settlement of Company Equity Awards outstanding as of the Measurement Date) or (B) granted any Company Equity Awards or similar awards. The Company does not have outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of the Company on any matter.

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  • Change in Capital Structure The terms of this Agreement, including the number of Stock Units subject to this Agreement, shall be adjusted as the Committee determines is equitably required in the event the Company effects one or more stock dividends, stock split-sups, subdivisions or consolidations of shares or other similar changes in capitalization.

  • Capital Structure The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 50,000,000 Class A Shares, 10,000,000 Class B Shares and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Preferred Shares"). As of December 31, 1997, (i) 3,490,835 Class A Shares were issued and outstanding, (ii) 5,892,756 Class B Shares were issued and outstanding, (iii) no Shares were held by the Company or by any of the Company's subsidiaries, (iv) 10,500 Class A Shares were reserved for issuance pursuant to the outstanding Company Options, (v) 629,150 Class B Shares were reserved for issuance pursuant to the outstanding Company Options, (vi) 300,000 Class A Shares and no Class B Shares were reserved for issuance pursuant to the ESPP, and (vii) no shares of Preferred Stock were issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. Except as set forth above or on Schedule 4.3, no shares of capital stock or other equity or voting securities of the Company are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding, except for Shares referred to in clauses (iv) and (v) above which may be issued upon exercise of the outstanding Company Options. All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and all Shares which may be issued pursuant to the Option Plans will, when issued, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to preemptive rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3, there are not any bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness or securities of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which shareholders of the Company may vote. Other than the Shares, Company Options, Option Plans and the ESPP, or as set forth on Schedule 4.3, there are not any securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating the Company or any of its subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other equity or voting securities of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or obligating the Company or any of its subsidiaries to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, arrangement or undertaking. There are no outstanding rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind obligating the Company or any of its subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or dispose of any shares of capital stock or other equity or voting securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any securities of the type described in the two immediately preceding sentences.

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