“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity, body, agency, commission, department, board, bureau, court, tribunal or other instrumentality, whether federal, state, local, domestic, foreign or multinational, exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative or other similar functions of, or pertaining to, government and any executive official thereof.
“Holder” means Fortive or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as such Person holds any Registrable Securities, and any Person owning Registrable Securities who is a Permitted Transferee of rights under Section 4.3.
“Initiating Holder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Loss” or “Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a).
“Participating Banks” means such investment banks or other Persons that are not part of the Fortive Group that engage, directly or indirectly, in any Exchange with one or more members of the Fortive Group.
“Permitted Transferee” means any Transferee and any Subsequent Transferee.
“Person” means any individual, firm, limited liability company or partnership, joint venture, corporation, joint stock company, trust or unincorporated organization, incorporated or unincorporated association, government (or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.
“Piggyback Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“Private Exchange” means a private exchange pursuant to which one or more members of the Fortive Group shall Sell some or all of their Registrable Securities to one or more Participating Banks in exchange, directly or indirectly, for any equity interest of Fortive or the satisfaction of Debt, in a transaction or series of transactions not required to be registered under the Securities Act.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all other material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
“Public Exchange” means a public exchange pursuant to which one or more members of the Fortive Group shall Sell some or all of their Registrable Securities to one or more Participating Banks in exchange, directly or indirectly, for any equity interest of Fortive or the satisfaction of Debt, in a transaction or series of transactions registered under the Securities Act.
“Registrable Securities” means any Retained Shares and any securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to, in exchange for, upon the conversion of or in replacement of the Retained Shares, whether by way of a dividend or distribution or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other reorganization. The term “Registrable Securities” excludes any security (i) the offering
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