definiens: shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions involving : ( A ) any pur chase from Cohesion or acquisition by any person or ( as defined under Section 13(d ) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder ) of more than a 30 % interest in the total outstanding voting securities of Cohesion or any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any person or ( as defined under Section 13(d ) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder ) beneficially owning 30 % or more of the total outstanding voting securities of Cohesion or any merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction involving Cohesion ; ( B ) any sale, lease ( other than in the ordinary course of business ), exchange, transfer, license ( other than in the ordinary course of business ), acquisition or disposition of more than 30 % of the assets of Cohesion ; or ( C ) any liquidation or dissolution of Cohesion