The following definitions apply to the terms used in Regulation M-A (Item 1000
through Item 1016), unless specified otherwise:
Associate has the same meaning as in Rule
12b-2 under the Exchange Act;
Instruction C means General Instruction C to Schedule
13E-3 and General Instruction C to Schedule
TO;
Issuer tender offer has the same meaning as in Rule
13e-4(a)(2) under the Exchange Act;
Offeror means any person who makes a tender offer
or on whose behalf a tender offer is made;
Rule 13e-3 transaction has the same meaning as in Rule
13e-3(a)(3) under the Exchange Act;
Subject company means the company or entity whose
securities are sought to be acquired in the transaction (e.g., the target), or
that is otherwise the subject of the transaction;
Subject securities means the securities or class
of securities that are sought to be acquired in the transaction or that are otherwise
the subject of the transaction; and
Third-party tender offer means a tender offer that is not
an issuer tender offer.
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