definiens: or words of similar import, mean and include any sale, assignment, encumbrance, hypothecation, pledge, conveyance in trust, gift, transfer by bequest, devise or descent, or other transfer or disposition of any kind, including but not limited to transfers to receivers, levying creditors, trustees or receivers in bankruptcy proceedings or general assignees for the benefit of creditors, whether voluntary or by opera tion of law, directly or indirectly, except : ( 1 ) any bona fide pledge of Seller Shares made by a Seller pursuant to a bona fide loan transaction that creates a mere security interest, if the pledgee executes a counterpart copy of this Agreement and becomes bound by the terms hereof to the same extent as such Seller in the event that and to the extent that such pledgee ever acquires ownership of such Seller Shares ; ( 2 ) any transfers of Seller Shares by a Seller to Seller ’s spouse, ex -spouse, domestic partner, lineal descendant or antecedent, brother or sister, the adopted child or adopted grandchild, or the spouse or domestic partner of any child, adopted child, grandchild or adopted [ * ] = C ERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUME NT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24B-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED