definiens: means any inquiry, proposal or offer from any person relating to, orthat could reasonably be expected to lead to, any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase, in one transaction or aseries of transactions, of assets ( including equity securities of any Subsidiary of VeraSun ) or businesses thatconstitute 15 % or more of the revenues, net income or assets of VeraSun and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or15 % or more of any class of equity securities of VeraSun, any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummatedwould result in any person beneficially owning 15 % or more of any class of equity securities of VeraSun, or anymerger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, joint venture, binding shareexchange or similar transaction involving VeraSun or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which any person or theshareholders of any person would own 15 % or more of any class of equity securities of VeraSun or of any resultingparent company of VeraSun ( or of any resulting entity in the case of a transaction ), in each caseother than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement