(k) Change in Control means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in
a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:
(i) any Person, alone or together with its affiliates and
associates, including any group of persons which is deemed a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (other than the Employer or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Employer, or any underwriter in
connection with a firm commitment public offering of the Companys capital stock), becomes the Beneficial Owner of: (i) thirty-three and one-third percent or more of the then Outstanding Company
Common Stock; or (ii) securities representing thirty-three and one-third percent or more of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities (in each case above, other than an acquisition in the context of a
merger, consolidation, reorganization, asset sale or other extraordinary transaction covered by, and which does not constitute a Change in Control under, clause (iii) below);
(ii) a change, during any period of two consecutive years, of a majority of the Board as constituted as of the beginning of such period,
unless the election, or nomination for election by the Companys stockholders, of each director who was not a director at the beginning of such period was approved by vote of at least two-thirds of the
Incumbent Directors then in office;
(iii) a Business Combination, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or
substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the Beneficial Owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination Beneficially Own, directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting
from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a Parent), (ii) no Person (excluding any entity resulting from such Business Combination or a Parent or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such entity
resulting from such Business Combination or Parent, and excluding any underwriter in connection with a firm commitment public offering of the Companys capital stock) Beneficially Owns, directly or indirectly, more than thirty-three and one-third percent of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such
entity, and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or a Parent were Incumbent Directors at the time of execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the
Board providing for such Business Combination; or
(iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Company (other than in the context of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, asset sale or other extraordinary transaction covered by, and which does not constitute a Change in Control under, clause (iii) above).
Notwithstanding the foregoing definition or any other provision of this Plan, (A) the term Change in Control will not include a sale of
assets, merger or other transaction effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company, and (B) the definition of Change in Control (or any analogous term) in an individual written agreement between the Company or any
Subsidiary and the Participant will supersede the foregoing definition with respect to Awards subject to such agreement; provided, however, that if no definition of Change in Control or any analogous term is set forth in such an individual written
agreement, the foregoing definition will apply.
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