definiens: shall mean any offer or proposal made by a Person other than Buyer or its Affiliatesfor ( i ) a merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or other similar transaction or series of relatedtransactions involving either Seller, ( ii ) any tender offer, exchange offer or other offer for, or acquisition or series of relatedacquisitions by any Person or group ( within the meaning of Regulation 13D under the Exchange Act ) of beneficial ownershipof, 20 % or more of the outstanding common stock or outstanding voting capital stock of either Seller, ( iii ) any issuance, saleor other disposition of securities ( or options, rights or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, such securities ) in each case by a Seller representing 20 % or more of the voting power of such Seller, ( iv ) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition ( including by way of merger, consolidation, license or exchange ), in a singletransaction or a series of related transactions, of 20 % or more of the Business or of the Purchased Assets or accounting for20 % or more of the consolidated revenues of Parent ( other than the sale by Sellers to customers of Instruments and associatedlicenses and service obligations in the Ordinary Course of Business ) . The term Acquisition Proposal shall also include anyproposal or offer made by a Person other than Buyer and its Affiliates with respect to any other transaction having similareffect as any of the foregoing with respect to either Seller, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement(excluding an internal combination of one or more Sellers with each other and/or their Subsidiaries notwithstanding theforegoing provisions )