“Tax(es)” means any U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. tax, charge, fee, levy, custom, duty, deficiency, or other assessment of any kind or nature imposed by any Taxing Authority (including any income (net or gross), gross receipts, profits, windfall profit, sales, use, goods and services, ad valorem, franchise, license, withholding, employment, social security, workers compensation, unemployment compensation, employment, capital stock, stamp, payroll, transfer, excise, import, real property, personal property, intangible property, excise, escheat, abandoned or unclaimed property, occupancy, recording, minimum or alternative minimum), together with any interest, penalty, additions to tax or additional amount imposed with respect thereto.
“Taxing Authority” means the Internal Revenue Service and any other Authority responsible for the collection, assessment or imposition of any Tax or the administration of any Law relating to any Tax.
“Tax Opinion” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
“Tax Return” means any return, information return, declaration, election, claim for refund or credit, report or any similar statement, and any amendment thereto, including any attached schedule and supporting information, whether on a separate, consolidated, combined, unitary or other basis, that is filed or required to be filed with any Taxing Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of a Tax or the administration of any Law relating to any Tax.
“Trade Secrets” means any trade secrets and other confidential or proprietary information (including customer and supplier lists, customer and supplier records, pricing and cost information, reports, methodologies, technical information, proprietary business information, processes, plans, drawings, blue prints, know-how, inventions and invention disclosures (whether or not patented or patentable and whether or not reduced to practice), ideas, research in progress, algorithms, data, databases, data collections, designs, processes, formulae, drawings, schematics, blueprints, flow charts, models, strategies, prototypes, techniques, source code, source code documentation, testing procedures, testing results and business, financial, sales and marketing plans) and rights under applicable trade secret Law in the foregoing.
“Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to occur at or immediately prior to the Closing, including the Merger.
“Transaction Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(e).
“Transfer Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(c).
“Trust Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9.
“Trust Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9.
“Trust Fund” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9.
“Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9.
“Unaudited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(a).
“Unpaid Expenses” means the Company Expenses and Parent Expenses that remain unpaid as of immediately prior to the Closing.
“Unvested Company Option” means each Company Option outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time that is not vested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time or will not vest solely as a result of the consummation of the Merger.
“U.S. GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
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