“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Proceeding” means any suit, action, claim, proceeding, arbitration or litigation commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Entity.
“Representatives” means, collectively, the officers, directors, employees, agents, investment bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants and other representatives of a Person.
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (a) a corporation more than 50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned by such Person or by one of more other Subsidiaries of such Person, (b) a partnership of which such Person, or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person is the general partner or has the power to direct the policies, management and affairs of such partnership, (c) a limited liability company of which such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person is the managing member or has the power to direct the policies, management and affairs of such company, or (d) any other Person (other than a corporation, partnership or limited liability company) in which such Person, or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person has at least a majority ownership and power to direct the policies, management and affairs thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, Merger Sub is a Subsidiary of Parent.
“Superior Proposal” means anybona fide written Acquisition Proposal (but substituting “50%” for each reference to “20%” in the definition of such term), not solicited in violation ofSection 6.3, which the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, is more favorable to the stockholders of the Company (in their capacity as such) from a financial point of view than the Merger (taking into account any Proposed Changed Terms), taking into consideration likelihood of consummation and such other factors determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith to be relevant.
“Tax” means income, gross receipts, franchise, sales, use, ad valorem, property, payroll, withholding, excise, severance, transfer, employment, estimated, alternative or add-on minimum, value added, stamp, occupation, premium, environmental or windfall profits taxes, and other taxes, charges, fees, levies, imposts, customs, duties, licenses or other assessments, in each case in the nature of a Tax, together with any interest and any penalties (including penalties for failure to file or late filing of any return, report or other filing, and any interest in respect of such penalties and additions, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any and all federal, state, local, foreign or other Taxing Authority).
“Tax Return” means any statement, report, return, information return or claim for refund relating to Taxes, including, if applicable, any combined or consolidated return for any group of entities that includes the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Tax Sharing Agreement” means any Tax allocation, Tax sharing, Tax indemnity or similar agreement other than (i) such agreements with customers, vendors, lessors or the like entered into in the Ordinary Course and other customary Tax indemnifications contained in any agreements the primary purpose of which agreements does not relate to Taxes, or (ii) agreements exclusively between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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