Announcement Date means the date of first public announcement of the proposed Business Combination.
Public event means any event that can be attended by the
Put Event means the occurrence of any of the following:
Fundamental Change Effective Date means the date on which any Fundamental Change becomes effective.
Acquisition Event means a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity, any transaction that results in the acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock by a single person or entity or by a group of persons and/or entities acting in concert, or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
Change of Control Triggering Event means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.
Initial Triggering Event means any of the following events or transactions occurring after the date hereof:
Subsequent Triggering Event means either of the following events or transactions occurring after the date hereof:
Announcement Event means the occurrence of an Announcement Date in respect of a Merger Event or Tender Offer, notwithstanding the fact that such Merger Date or Tender Offer Date may not, or may not be anticipated to, occur on or prior to the Valuation Date for the related Component. The definition of “Announcement Date” in Section 12.1(l) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by (a) replacing the word “leads” in the third line thereof and in the fifth line thereof with the words “could lead (as determined by the Calculation Agent)” (b) deleting the word “firm” in the second and fourth lines thereof and (c) inserting the words “, and any publicly announced change or amendment to such an announcement (including the announcement of an abandonment of such intention)” at the end of clauses (i) and (ii) thereof. Consequences of Merger Events: Merger Event:
Benchmark Event means, with respect to an Original Reference Rate:
Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date means (A) with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (A) of the definition thereof, the date on which such Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective; and (B) with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof, the applicable Redemption Notice Date.
Trigger Event Date means a date on which a Trigger Event has occurred as determined by the Calculation Agent.
Triggering Event means any Section 11(a)(ii) Event or any Section 13 Event.
Control Transaction means any of the following transactions or any combination thereof:
Change of Control Transaction means 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 Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion or exercise of the Debentures and the Securities issued together with the Debentures), (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 66% 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 66% 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 Original Issue 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.
Change in Control Transaction means the occurrence of any of the following events:
Settlement Disruption Event means each of the following events, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner:
Benchmark Transition Event means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
ii) Event means any event described in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
Triggering Events means Triggering Event I, Triggering Event II and Triggering Event III, collectively.
Business Combination Date means the date upon which a Business Combination is consummated.
Change of Control Effective Date means the first date during the Change of Control Period (as defined in Section 7.2) on which a Change of Control occurs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Change of Control occurs and if the Executive’s employment with the Company (or applicable affiliated company) is terminated prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Executive that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Change of Control Effective Date” shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment.
Trigger Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
Section 13 Event means any event described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) of Section 13(a) hereof.
Company Triggering Event means: (i) the failure of the Board of Directors of the Company to recommend that the Company's stockholders vote to adopt this Agreement, or the withdrawal or modification of the Company Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to Parent, or the Board of Directors shall have taken any other action that is or becomes disclosed publicly or to a third party, which indicates that the Board of Directors of the Company does not support the Merger or does not believe that the Merger is in the best interests of the Company's stockholders; (ii) the Company shall have failed to include in the Proxy Statement the Company Board Recommendation or a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of the Company has determined and believes that the Merger is in the best interests of the Company's stockholders; (iii) an Acquisition Proposal is publicly announced and the Board of Directors of the Company fails to reaffirm without qualification the Company Board Recommendation, or fails to publicly state without qualification, that the Merger is in the best interests of the Company's stockholders, within five business days after Parent requests in writing that such action be taken; (iv) the Board of Directors of the Company shall have approved, endorsed or recommended any Acquisition Proposal; (v) the Company shall have failed to comply with Section 5.04 in any material respect; (vi) a tender or exchange offer relating to securities of the Company shall have been commenced and the Company shall not have sent to its securityholders, within ten business days after the commencement of such tender or exchange offer, a statement disclosing that the Board of Directors recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer; (vii) an Acquisition Proposal is publicly announced, and the Company fails to issue a press release announcing its opposition to such Acquisition Proposal within ten business days after such Acquisition Proposal is announced; or (viii) either the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any their Representatives shall have breached any of the provisions set forth in Section 5.04 (in any material respect) or Section 6.15.
Merger Event shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).