“Series B Preferred Merger Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii).
“Series B Preferred Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii).
“Series B Preferred Stock” means the 8.50% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, the rights, powers, and preferences of which are set forth in the Certificate of Designations filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on August 10, 2018.
“Service Provider” means any current (unless otherwise noted) director, officer, employee (whether temporary, part-time or full-time) or individual independent contractor of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
“Service Provider List” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.17(a).
“Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii).
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of voting securities is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
“Superior Proposal” means a bona fide unsolicited written Alternative Proposal (except that, for purposes of this definition, each reference in the definition of “Alternative Proposal” to “fifteen percent (15%)” shall be deemed to be a reference to “fifty percent (50%)”) that the Company Board determines in good faith, (after consultation with its outside legal and financial advisor), taking into account all legal, regulatory and financial aspects of the proposal (including conditionality, expected timing and likelihood of consummation of the proposal) (x) is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms, and (y) is more favorable from a financial point of view to the stockholders of the Company than the Transactions (after taking into account any revisions to the terms of this Agreement committed to in writing by Parent in response to such Superior Proposal pursuant to Section 6.4).
“Superior Proposal Notice Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(d).
“Surviving Corporation” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Taxes” means all federal, state, local, provincial, and foreign income, excise, gross receipts, gross income, ad valorem, profits, gains, property, capital, sales, transfer, use, payroll, escheat, employment, pension, environmental (under Section 59A of the Code), severance, withholding, franchise, value added and other taxes, customs, tariffs, imposts, levies, duties, fees or other assessments or charges related to any tax of any kind imposed by a Governmental Authority, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts (whether disputed or not) under Law.
“Taxing Authority” means a Governmental Authority charged with the authority to collect Taxes.
“Tax Returns” means all Tax returns, declarations, statements, elections, estimates, reports, schedules, forms and information returns, together with any supplements or amendments thereto, filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Authority relating to Taxes.
“Termination Fee” means $35,000,000.
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement, the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Confidentiality Agreement and all other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents to be executed or delivered by one or more of the parties in connection with the Transactions.
“Transactions” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“U.S. Company Benefit Plan” means any Company Benefit Plan that covers Service Providers who perform (or who, as of immediately prior to termination of their employment or other service with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, performed) service primarily within the United States.
Section 1.2
Interpretation; Article and Section References. Any reference in this Agreement to a statute refers to the statute, any amendments or successor legislation, and all regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect at the relevant time. Any reference to a contract, instrument or other document as of a given date means the contract, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time through such date. The headings contained herein are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All preamble, recital, article, section, paragraph, annex, exhibit and schedule references are to the preambles, recitals, articles, sections, paragraphs, annexes, exhibits and schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise