Change in Control Definition For purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events, provided that such event or occurrence constitutes a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, as defined in Treasury Regulation §§ 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v), (vi) and (vii): (i) the acquisition by an individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership of any capital stock of the Company if, after such acquisition, such Person beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) fifty percent (50%) or more of either (x) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (y) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company or (2) any acquisition by any entity pursuant to a Business Combination (as defined below) which complies with clauses (x) and (y) of subsection (iii) of this definition; or (ii) a change in the composition of the Board that results in the Continuing Directors (as defined below) no longer constituting a majority of the Board (or, if applicable, the Board of Directors of a successor corporation to the Company), where the term “Continuing Director” means at any date a member of the Board (x) who was a member of the Board on the Effective Date or (y) who was nominated or elected subsequent to such date by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election or whose election to the Board was recommended or endorsed by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from this clause (y) any individual whose initial assumption of office occurred as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents, by or on behalf of a person other than the Board; or (iii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or share exchange involving the Company, or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), unless, immediately following such Business Combination, each of the following two (2) conditions is satisfied: (x) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, respectively, of the resulting or acquiring corporation in such Business Combination (which shall include, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one (1) or more subsidiaries) (such resulting or acquiring corporation is referred to herein as the “Acquiring Corporation”) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, respectively, immediately prior to such Business Combination and (y) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) maintained or sponsored by the Company or by the Acquiring Corporation) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Acquiring Corporation, or of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination); or (iv) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
Employee Definitions A Regular Full-Time Employee is an employee who is employed on a full-time basis of 35, 37½, 40 or such other number of weekly hours as is recognized in the Collective Agreement as normal for a particular class of positions, for an indefinite period of time.
Change in Control Defined For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:
Definition of Good Reason For purposes hereof, “Good Reason” shall mean:
SECTION I - DEFINITIONS As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless otherwise stated or reasonably required by the Agreement, and other forms of any defined words shall have a meaning parallel thereto.
Termination Procedures and Compensation During Dispute 7.1. After a Change in Control and during the term of this Agreement, any purported termination of the Executive's employment (other than by reason of death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination from one party hereto to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 10 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive's employment under the provision so indicated. Further, a Notice of Termination for Cause issued by the Company is required to include a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board which was called and held for the purpose of considering such termination (after reasonable notice to the Executive and an opportunity for the Executive, together with the Executive's Counsel, to be heard before the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive engaged in conduct set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of Cause herein, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
Defined Term Section Action Section 5.11(a) ADS Depositary Section 4.3 Affected Employees Section 5.12(a) Affiliate Section 3.27 Agreement Preamble Antitrust Laws Section 5.4(c) Applicable Laws Section 3.5(a) Assumed Option Section 2.1(c)(iii)(A) Assumed RSU Award Section 2.1(c)(v)(B) Book Entry Share Section 2.1(c)(i) Business Day Section 8.9(k) Cash-Only Shares Section 2.1(c)(i) Certificate of Merger Section 1.1 Class A Ordinary Shares Recitals Class B Ordinary Shares Section 4.3 Closing Section 1.2 Closing Date Section 1.2 Code Section 2.1(c)(iii)(A) Company Preamble Company Acquisition Proposal Section 5.2(a) Company Adverse Recommendation Change Section 5.2(d)(i) Company Benefit Plans Section 3.11(a) Company Certificate Section 2.1(c)(i) Company Common Stock Recitals Company Disclosure Schedule Article 3 Company ESPP Section 5.12(d) Company Material Adverse Effect Section 3.1 Company Material Contract Section 3.23(a) Company Permits Section 3.5(b) Company Permitted Liens Section 3.21(a) Company Preferred Stock Section 3.3 Company Real Property Section 3.5(d) Company Reports Section 3.7(a) Company Representatives Section 5.2(a) Company Restricted Stock Awards Section 2.1(c)(iv) Company Rights Section 2.5 Company Rights Agreement Section 2.5 Company RSU Awards Section 2.1(c)(v) Company Stockholder Approval Section 3.20 Company Stock Option Section 2.1(c)(iii)(A) Company Superior Proposal Section 5.2(d)(ii) Competition Action Section 5.4(c) Confidentiality Agreement Section 5.2(a) control Section 3.27 Cutoff Date Section 8.9(e) Definitive Financing Agreements Section 5.13(b) Delaware Sub Preamble Deposit Agreement Section 4.3 Derivative Transaction Section 3.25(a) DGCL Recitals Dissenting Shares Section 2.1(c)(vii) Dissenting Stockholder Section 2.1(c)(vii) DLLCA Recitals Effective Time Section 1.1 Environmental Laws Section 3.13(a) ERISA Section 3.11(a) ERISA Affiliate Section 3.11(c) Equity Compensation Exchange Ratio Section 2.1(c)(i) Exchange Act Section 3.4 Exchange Agent Section 2.2(a) Exchange Fund Section 2.2(a) Exchange Ratio Section 2.1(c)(i) Excluded Shares Section 2.1(c)(ii) FCPA Section 3.5(e) Fee Section 7.5(b) Final Parent Stock Price Section 2.1(c)(i) Financing Section 5.13(a) Financing Commitments Section 5.13(a) Financing Sources Section 5.13(a) Form F-6 Section 5.7(a) Form S-4 Section 5.7(a) GAAP Section 3.7(b) Governmental Entity Section 3.6(b) Governmental Official Section 3.5(e) Hazardous Materials Section 3.13(b) HSR Act Section 3.6(b) Indemnified Party(ies) Section 5.11(a) IRS Section 3.11(a) Liens Section 3.4 Material Adverse Effect Section 8.9(c) Merger Recitals Merger Consideration Section 2.1(c)(i) Merger Sub Preamble New Financing Commitments Section 5.13(a) Non-U.S. Antitrust Laws Section 5.4(a)(i) Non-U.S. Company Benefit Plan Section 3.11(a) Non-U.S. Parent Benefit Plan Section 4.11(a) NYSE Recitals OFAC Section 3.5(f) Parent Preamble Parent ADS Recitals Parent Adverse Recommendation Change Section 5.16(d)(i) Parent Alternative Proposal Section 5.16(a) Parent Benefit Plans Section 4.11(a) Parent Disclosure Schedule Article 4 Parent Material Adverse Effect Section 4.1 Parent Material Contract Section 4.23(a) Parent Options Section 4.3 Parent Permits Section 4.5(b) Parent Permitted Liens Section 4.21(a) Parent Real Property Section 4.5(d) Parent Representatives Section 5.16(a) Parent Reports Section 4.7(a) Parent Shareholder Approval Section 4.20 Parent Superior Proposal Section 5.16(d)(ii) Parent UK Prospectus Section 5.7(d)(i) Per Share Cash-Only Additional Cash Amount Section 2.1(c)(i) Per Share Cash Amount Section 2.1(c)(i) Per Share Stock Amount Section 2.1(c)(i) Person Section 3.5(e) PFIC Section 4.10(b) Proxy Statement/Prospectus Section 5.7(a) Regulatory Filings Section 3.6(b) Required Jurisdiction Section 6.1(b)(iii) Returns Section 3.10(a) Rule 16b-3 Section 5.9 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act Section 3.7(a) SEC Section 3.7(a) Securities Act Section 3.6(b) Significant Subsidiary Section 3.4 Subsidiary Section 8.9(d) Surviving Entity Section 1.1 tax(es) Section 3.10(f) Third Party Provision Section 8.3 to the knowledge of Section 8.9(b) UK FSMA Section 2.2(b)(i) UK Prospectus Rules Section 5.7(d)(i) UKLA Section 5.7(d)(i) U.S. Company Benefit Plan Section 3.11(a) U.S. Parent Benefit Plan Section 4.11(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of February 6, 2011, is by and among Ensco plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Parent”), Pride International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), ENSCO Ventures LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and ENSCO International Incorporated, a Delaware corporation and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Delaware Sub”).
Plan Definitions Except where the context clearly implies or indicates the contrary, a word, term, or phrase used in the Plan is similarly used in this Agreement.
ISDA Termination Either Dealer or Counterparty has the right to designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, in which case, except as otherwise specified herein and except as a result of an Event of Default under Section 5(a)(i) of the Agreement, the provisions of Paragraph 7(g) below shall apply in lieu of the consequences specified in Section 6 of the Agreement;
Change of Control Defined For purposes of this this Note, the term “