Section 13.Certain Definitions.
(a) A person shall be deemed to be “Acting in Concert” with another person if such person knowingly acts (whether or not pursuant to an express agreement, arrangement or understanding) in concert with, or towards a common goal relating to the management, governance or control of the Corporation in parallel with, such other person where (A) each person is conscious of the other person’s conduct or intent and this awareness is an element in their decision-making processes and (B) at least one additional factor suggests that such persons intend to act in concert or in parallel, which such additional factors may include, without limitation, exchanging information (whether publicly or privately), attending meetings, conducting discussions, or making or soliciting invitations to act in concert or in parallel;provided, that a person shall not be deemed to be Acting in Concert with any other person solely as a result of the solicitation or receipt of revocable proxies or consents from such other person in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act by way of a proxy or consent solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A. A person Acting in Concert with another person shall be deemed to be Acting in Concert with any third party who is also Acting in Concert with such other person.
(b) “Close of business” shall mean 5:00 p.m., local time, at the principal executive offices of the Corporation on any calendar day, whether or not such day is a business day.
(c) “Control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
(d) “Present in Person” shall mean that the Proponent or Nominating Stockholder, or a qualified representative of such Proponent or Nominating Stockholder, appears in person at the applicable meeting of stockholders (unless such meeting is held by means of the Internet or other electronic technology in which case the Proponent or Nominating Stockholder or its qualified representative shall be present at such meeting of stockholders by means of the Internet or other electronic technology).
(e) A “public disclosure” or its corollary “publicly disclosed” shall mean disclosure by the Corporation in (i) a document publicly filed by the Corporation with, or furnished by the Corporation to, the SEC pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (ii) a press release issued by the Corporation and distributed through the Dow Jones Newswire, Business Wire, Reuters Information Service or any similar or successor news wire or press release distribution service, or (iii) another method reasonably intended by the Corporation to achieve broad-based dissemination of the information contained therein.
(f) A “qualified representative” of any stockholder means a person who is a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder (including, as applicable, a Proponent or a Nominating Stockholder) or has been authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy with respect to the specific matter to be considered at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction (to the reasonable satisfaction of the Presiding Officer) of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders prior to the taking of action by such person on behalf of the stockholder.
(g) “Stockholder Associated Person” means with respect to any Proponent or Nominating Stockholder, (i) any other beneficial owner of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such Proponent or Nominating Stockholder, (ii) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)-(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A) with such Proponent or Nominating Stockholder in any solicitation contemplated by the Proposal Notice or the Nominating Notice, (iii) each person who is disclosed as a member of a “group” with any such Proponent or Nominating Stockholder or beneficial owner in a Schedule 13D or an amendment thereto filed with the SEC relating to the equity securities of the Corporation, and (iv) any person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is Acting in Concert with such Proponent or Nominating Stockholder or a Stockholder Associated Person of such Proponent or Nominating Stockholder.
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