Common use of Definition of Competing Transaction Clause in Contracts

Definition of Competing Transaction. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Competing Transaction” means any of the following (other than the transactions expressly provided for in this Agreement): (i) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction involving the applicable party or its Subsidiaries; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of 20% or more of the cost basis of the assets (including by means of an issuance, sale or other disposition of voting securities) of the applicable party or its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or of 20% or more of any class of voting securities of the applicable party or its Subsidiaries (as a whole), in a single transaction or series of related transactions, excluding any bona fide financing transactions that do not, individually or in the aggregate, have as a purpose or effect the sale or transfer of control of such assets; or (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer for 20% or more of any class of voting securities of the applicable party or its Subsidiaries (as a whole).

Definition of Competing Transaction. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Competing Transaction” means any of the following (other than the transactions expressly provided for in this Agreement): (i) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction involving the applicable party or its Subsidiaries; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of 2045% or more of the cost basis of the assets (including by means of an issuance, sale or other disposition of voting securities) of the applicable party or its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or of 2045% or more of any class of voting securities of the applicable party or its Subsidiaries (as a whole), in a single transaction or series of related transactions, excluding any bona fide financing transactions that do not, individually or in the aggregate, have as a purpose or effect the sale or transfer of control of such assets; or (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer for 2045% or more of any class of voting securities of the applicable party or its Subsidiaries (as a whole); provided, that a Competing Transaction will not include an issuance and sale of securities of a person for cash consideration.