Controlling Company means a company registered under section 12A as a controlling company in respect of banking institution, and “holding company” has a corresponding meaning;
Participating Corporation means any Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate that the Committee designates from time to time as eligible to participate in this Plan. For purposes of the Section 423 Component, only the Parent and Subsidiaries may be Participating Corporations, provided, however, that at any given time a Parent or Subsidiary that is a Participating Corporation under the Section 423 Component shall not be a Participating Corporation under the Non-Section 423 Component. The Committee may provide that any Participating Corporation shall only be eligible to participate in the Non-Section 423 Component.
Qualifying corporation means any person classified for federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation, except either of the following:
Controlling Affiliate means an Affiliate that directly or indirectly Controls the Hotel and/or Controls the entity that Controls the Hotel.
Acquiring Corporation means (i) the continuing or surviving corporation of a consolidation or merger with Issuer (if other than Issuer), (ii) Issuer in a merger in which Issuer is the continuing or surviving person, and (iii) the transferee of all or substantially all of Issuer's assets.