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Definition. For purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” means the removal of Executive as Chief Executive Officer or Board Chair as the result of the occurrence of any of the following events: # the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any person, entity or group of persons acting in concert; # any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than any then currently existing shareholder as of the Change of Control date, becoming the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities but in no event shall the completion of an offering # of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Company’s initial public offering or # a private offering of shares of the capital stock of the Company constitute a Change of Control; or # a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation or entity not affiliated with any currently existing shareholder, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation. ; and # the engagement of a new Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

“Change in Control” shall mean any of the following: # any “Person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time (the “Exchange Act”) (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any of its subsidiaries), together with all “affiliates” and “associates” (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such person, shall become the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50 percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities having the right to vote in an election of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Voting Securities”) (in such case other than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company); or # the consummation of a consolidation, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a single transaction or series of related transactions (a “Corporate Transaction”); excluding, however, a Corporate Transaction in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the Corporate Transaction, would immediately after the Corporate Transaction, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the voting shares of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the Corporate Transaction (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any); or # persons who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason, including, without limitation, as a result of a tender offer, proxy contest, merger or similar transaction, to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director of the Company subsequent to the date hereof shall be considered an Incumbent Director if such person’s election was approved by or such person was nominated for election by either # a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors or # a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors who are members of a nominating committee comprised, in the majority, of Incumbent Directors; but provided further, that any such person whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of members of the Board of Directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board, including by reason of agreement intended to avoid or settle any such actual or threatened contest or solicitation, shall not be considered an Incumbent Director; or # any other acquisition of the business of the Company in which a majority of the Board votes in favor of a decision that a Change in Control has occurred within the meaning of this Agreement; or # the approval by the Company’s stockholders of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

Change of Control. For purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following: # the accumulation (if over time, in any consecutive twelve (12) month period), whether directly, indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company (including equity instruments convertible without payment into Common Stock), whether by merger, consolidation, sale or other transfer of shares of Common Stock (other than a merger or consolidation where the stockholders of the Company prior to the merger or consolidation are the holders of a majority of the voting securities of the entity that survives such merger or consolidation), # a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or # during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, the individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board, and any new Board member whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s owners was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the Board then still in office who either were members of the Board at the beginning of the twelve (12) month period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control for the purposes of this Agreement: any acquisition of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored by or maintained by the Company.

Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: # any sale or exchange of the capital stock by the stockholders of the Company in one transaction or series of related transactions where more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting power of the Company is acquired by a person or entity or group of related persons or entities; or # any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company where the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately before the transaction represent or are converted into less than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting power of the surviving entity (or its parent corporation) immediately after the transaction; or # the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions that results in the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or # any “person” or “group” (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) becoming the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly of securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Company then outstanding. Except that any change in the beneficial ownership of the securities of the Company as a result of a private financing of the Company that is approved by the Board, shall not be deemed to be a Change in Control.

Change in Control” means an event of a nature that: # any “person” (as the term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) who is not now presently but becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the Company’s outstanding securities except for any securities purchased by any tax-qualified employee benefit plan of the Company; or # individuals who constitute the Board on the date hereof (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by the same Nominating Committee serving under an Incumbent Board, shall be, for purposes of this clause (2), considered as though he were a member of the Incumbent Board; or # consummation of regulatory approval to implement a plan of reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company or similar transaction in which the Company is not the resulting entity or such plan, merger, consolidation, sale or similar transaction occurs; or # a proxy statement soliciting proxies from shareholders of the Company shall be distributed by someone other than the current management of the Company, seeking stockholder approval of a plan of reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company or similar transaction with one or more corporations, and, following such distribution, the outstanding shares of the class of securities then subject to the plan or transaction are exchanged for or converted into cash or property or securities not issued by the Company; or # a tender offer is made for 25% or more of the voting securities of the Company.

Change of Control. For purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following: # the accumulation (if over time, in any consecutive twelve (12) month period), whether directly, indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of more than fifty percent (50%) or more of the shares of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company, whether by merger, consolidation, sale or other transfer of shares of Common Stock (other than a merger or consolidation where the stockholders of the Company prior to the merger or consolidation are the holders of a majority of the voting securities of the entity that survives such merger or consolidation), # a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or # during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, the individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board, and any new Board member whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s owners was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the Board then still in office who either were members of the Board at the beginning of the twelve (12) month period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control for the purposes of this Agreement: any acquisition of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored by or maintained by the Company.

Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events with respect to the Company: # any Person acquires direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder) of more than 50% percent of the outstanding voting securities of the Company; or # the shareholders of the Company approve, or the Company otherwise effects, enters into or approves, # a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other person or entity, # an agreement for the sale or disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, # a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or # any transaction similar to any of the foregoing, other than, in the case of both (2)(A) and (2)(B) above, a merger, consolidation or sale that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto controlling or continuing to represent, directly or indirectly, either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into equity securities of the surviving person or entity, at least 50% of the total outstanding voting securities of the Company or the surviving person or entity outstanding immediately after such transaction.

Definition of Change of Control. For the purpose of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have taken place upon the first of the following to occur after the date of this Agreement: # a third person, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, acquires shares of the Corporation having 30% or more of the total number of votes that may be cast for the election of directors of the Corporation; or # as the result of any cash tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination, sale of assets or contested election, or any combination of the foregoing transactions (a “Transaction”), the persons who were directors of the Corporation before the Transaction shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any successor to the Corporation.

Definition of Change of Control. For the purpose of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have taken place upon the first of the following to occur after the date of this Agreement: # a third person, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, acquires shares of the Corporation having 30% or more of the total number of votes that may be cast for the election of directors of the Corporation; or # as the result of any cash tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination, sale of assets or contested election, or any combination of the foregoing transactions (a “Transaction”), the persons who were directors of the Corporation before the Transaction shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any successor to the Corporation.

For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Change in Control” means, following the Effective Date, the occurrence of any of the following events: # any Qualifying Person (as defined below) becomes, directly or indirectly, the “beneficial owner” (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), by way of acquisition, transfer, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization or otherwise, of more than 50% of either # the then-outstanding shares of Company’s Class A common stock (“Stock”) or # securities of Company representing the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or # the consummation of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of Company (other than such a sale or disposition immediately after which such assets are owned directly or indirectly by the owners of Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Stock immediately prior to such sale or disposition).

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